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Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (HEC, volume 5 / 5T)
Part of the book sub series: Water Pollution (HEC5)
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When discussing the issue of contamination of the aquatic environment, water pollution is still the major aspect that has been regulated and extensively studied, but poor attention has been devoted to sediments. Sediments have been described as the sink or storage place and a source for contaminants entering river systems through various pathways. But bottom sediments have various functions in the environment, such as providing habitat for many aquatic organisms, and are an important component of aquatic ecosystems.
This volume of the Handbook deals with various aspects of sediment contamination such as the fate and behavior of persistent organic pollutants, the application of sediment toxicity identification evaluation (TIE) protocols, and the various ways to degrade toxic pollutants from sediments. Overall the book provides readers the fundamental knowledge needed to better understand the complex issue of contaminated sediments.
This volume of the Handbook deals with various aspects of sediment contamination such as the fate and behavior of persistent organic pollutants, the application of sediment toxicity identification evaluation (TIE) protocols, and the various ways to degrade toxic pollutants from sediments. Overall the book provides readers the fundamental knowledge needed to better understand the complex issue of contaminated sediments.
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Keywords
- Biogeochemical Transformation
- Brominated Organic Pollutants
- Contaminated Sediments
- Oil-Contaminated Sediments
- Persistent Organic Pollutants
- Sediment
- Sediments
- Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE)
- Water pollution
- bacteria
- contaminants
- ecosystems
- environment
- pollution
- toxicity
- air pollution and air quality
- water quality and water pollution
Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Contaminated Sediments
Editors: Tarek A. Kassim, Damià Barceló
Series Title: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88014-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-88013-4Published: 12 February 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09975-5Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-88014-1Published: 13 January 2009
Series ISSN: 1867-979X
Series E-ISSN: 1616-864X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 181
Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pollution, general, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Water Quality/Water Pollution, Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences