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Contaminated Aquatic Sediments
Author(s) -
Jaglal Kendrick
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
water environment research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1554-7531
pISSN - 1061-4303
DOI - 10.2175/106143011x13075599869975
Subject(s) - environmental remediation , bioaccumulation , environmental science , environmental chemistry , contamination , aquatic ecosystem , aquatic environment , bioavailability , environmental engineering , chemistry , ecology , biology , bioinformatics
A review of the literature published in print and/or online in 2010 on subjects relating to the assessment, evaluation and remediation of contaminated aquatic sediments is presented. The review is divided into the following sections: methodology, policy, chemical distribution, fate and transport, bioavailability, bioaccumulation, toxicity, risk assessment and remediation.