Skadar Lake is a crypto-depression, a shallow lake, near to the Adriatic coast; the largest in
the Balkan Peninsula and in southeastern Europe. The Lake is a very complex aquatic …

The 23 chapters in this book synthesize the information on the Lake Skadar/Shkodra
environment. This book has shown that several significant steps have been made over the …

Concentrations of eleven trace elements (Zn, Mn, Cu, Fe, Cr, Ni, Co, Hg, Pb, Cd and As) as
well as the principal components of fish flesh (water%, dry matter%, fat%, protein%, ash …

Lakes are essential water resources in China and their water quality is vital to the
sustainability. However, the geochemical processes of trace elements, especially those of …

The paper presents results of the analysis of the presence of heavy metals with an
assessment of its potential for the further development of fruit growing in North Montenegro …

Anchar Lake, a mono-basined freshwater lake in Kashmir Valley, has experienced major
sediment deterioration due to changes in the local catchment and anthropogenic inputs …

In this present paper, the distribution of toxic metals and sediment quality were evaluated in
five sampling points of the Itapicuru-Mirim River located in the city of Jacobina, Bahia, Brazil …

Surface sediments were collected from Wular Lake, located in Bandipora district of Kashmir
Valley, NW Himalaya to investigate the environmental risk assessment using trace element …

A simple supramolecular solvent microextraction followed by solidification of floating
coacervates has been developed for the preconcentration and speciation of vanadium prior …

The deposition and release of heavy metals in sediments often lead to their diffusion in
lakes, especially for dispersed elements such as cadmium (Cd), which indirectly introduces …