Sediments are increasingly recognized as both a carrier and a possible source of contaminants in aquatic systems, and they may also affect groundwater quality and agricultural products when disposed on land. Four aspects are covered reflecting the development of knowledge in particle-associated pollutants during the past twenty-five years: - the identification, surveillance, monitoring and control of sources and distribution of pollutants, - the evaluation of solid/solution relations of contaminants in surface waters, - the study of in-situ processes and mechanisms of pollutant transfer in various compartments of the aquatic ecosystems, - the assessment of the environmental impact of particle-bound contaminants, i.e. the development of sediment quality criteria. A final chapter focusses on practical aspects concerning contaminated sediments.

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Book Title: Contaminated Sediments
Book Subtitle: Lectures on Environmental Aspects of Particle-Associated Chemicals in Aquatic Systems
Authors: Ulrich Förstner
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0011119
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-51076-5Published: 12 April 1989
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-46144-9Published: 22 November 2005
Series ISSN: 0930-0317
Series E-ISSN: 1613-2580
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 157
Number of Illustrations: 100 b/w illustrations
Topics: Waste Management/Waste Technology, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Soil Science & Conservation, Ecology, Ecotoxicology

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Front Matter

Introduction

Priority pollutants

Assessment methods

Particle associations

Transfer processes

Environmental impact

Dredged materials

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