Fifty-year sedimentary record of heavy metal pollution (Cd, Zn, Cu, Pb) in the Lot River reservoirs (France)

S Audry, J Schäfer, G Blanc, JM Jouanneau - Environmental Pollution, 2004 - Elsevier
The Lot–Garonne fluvial system is known for its historic heavy metal pollution resulting from
mining and smelting activities since the late 19th century. Here, we report 137Cs activities …

Impact of metallurgy tailings in a major European fluvial-estuarine system: Trajectories and resilience over seven decades

J Schäfer, A Coynel, G Blanc - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Tailings containing mining and ore treatment waste, accumulated over long time periods are
major contaminant sources at the watershed scale and may seriously impair environmental …

Comparative Effects of Direct Cadmium Contamination on Gene Expression in Gills, Liver, Skeletal Muscles and Brain of the Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

P Gonzalez, M Baudrimont, A Boudou, JP Bourdineaud - Biometals, 2006 - Springer
The effects of cadmium (Cd) on gene expression were examined in four organs (gills, liver,
skeletal muscles and brain) of the zebrafish. Adult male fish were subjected to three different …

Heavy metal concentration survey in soils and plants of the Les Malines mining district (Southern France): implications for soil restoration

J Escarré, C Lefèbvre, S Raboyeau, A Dossantos… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2011 - Springer
Mining activities generate spoils and effluents with extremely high metal concentrations of
heavy metals that might have adverse effects on ecosystems and human health. Therefore …

Rare Earth Element fluxes over 15 years into a major European Estuary (Garonne-Gironde, SW France): Hospital effluents as a source of increasing gadolinium …

A Lerat-Hardy, A Coynel, L Dutruch, C Pereto… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
New and rapidly developing technologies imply the emission of emerging potentially toxic
contaminants such as Rare Earth Elements (REEs). Yet, the lithology-derived quantities and …

Zn isotopes as tracers of anthropogenic pollution from Zn-ore smelters The Riou Mort–Lot River system

Y Sivry, J Riotte, JE Sonke, S Audry, J Schäfer, J Viers… - Chemical …, 2008 - Elsevier
Zn isotopes were used to trace the anthropogenic sources in the Lot watershed (Aveyron,
SW France) where a small river, the Riou Mort drains an industrial exploitation of zinc ore …

Evaluation of dissolved and acid-leachable trace element concentrations in relation to practical water quality standards in the Syr Darya, Aral Sea Basin, South …

B Satybaldiyev, B Ismailov, N Nurpeisov, K Kenges… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Syr Darya is one of the major rivers supplying the Aral Sea with freshwater.
Soviet programs aimed at maximizing agricultural productivity in the Syr Darya basin …

Historical mass balance of cadmium decontamination trends in a major European continent-ocean transition system: Case study of the Gironde Estuary

F Pougnet, T Gil-Díaz, G Blanc, A Coynel… - Marine Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the effective remediation efforts following the end of the metallurgic activity thirty
years ago upstream the Lot River watershed, the levels of cadmium (Cd) accumulated in …

Cadmium-induced genotoxicity in zebrafish at environmentally relevant doses

S Cambier, P Gonzalez, G Durrieu… - … and environmental safety, 2010 - Elsevier
Genotoxic effects of cadmium on zebra fish Danio rerio have been assessed by random
amplified polymorphic DNA and real time PCR, followed by a comparison of the melting …

Early diagenesis of trace metals (Cd, Cu, Co, Ni, U, Mo, and V) in the freshwater reaches of a macrotidal estuary

S Audry, G Blanc, J Schäfer, G Chaillou… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2006 - Elsevier
Vertical profiles from the water column, including the maximum turbidity zone (MTZ) to the
consolidated sediment were sampled in September 2000 in the freshwater reaches of the …