Contaminant assessment of surface sediments from tanapag lagoon, saipan

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed before and after dredging operations in a coastal lagoon (Pialassa Baiona, Italy) to detect the actual impacts, disturbed sites were contrasted with multiple controls in two distinct times, according to a sampling design based on Beyond BACI principles.

TL;DR: The objective of BASELINE is to publish short communications on different aspects of pollution of the marine environment and only those papers which clearly identify the quality of the data will be considered for publication.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors determined the distribution pattern and pollution status of heavy metals in tropical shelf sediments since limited information is available and reported that most of the metals are derived from the miscellaneous sources.

TL;DR: The positive matrix factorization approach was used in identification and source apportionment of the anthropogenic heavy metals in the sediments, and the non-parametric SiZer method was applied to assess the statistical significance of the reconstructed metal variation along time.

TL;DR: Calculated loading rates of trace metals into the three environmental compartments demonstrate that human activities now have major impacts on the global and regional cycles of most of the trace elements.

TL;DR: In this article, matching biological and chemical data were compiled from numerous modeling, laboratory, and field studies performed in marine and estuarine sediments, and two guideline values (an effects range low and an effects range median) were determined for nine trace metals, total PCBs, two pesticides, 13 polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and three classes of PAHs.

TL;DR: This significant book provides not only an introduction to the dynamics of aquatic chem istries but also identifies those materials that jeopardize the resources of both the marine and fluvial domains.