Heavy metal contamination status in Greek surface waters: A review with application and evaluation of pollution indices

I Karaouzas, N Kapetanaki, A Mentzafou… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contamination of the aquatic environment is of worldwide concern, due to the
toxicity of metals and their lethal effects on aquatic organisms. The investigation of heavy …

Marine ecosystems' responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean

TMM Group, XD de Madron, C Guieu… - Progress in …, 2011 - Elsevier
The semi-enclosed nature of the Mediterranean Sea, together with its smaller inertia due to
the relative short residence time of its water masses, make it highly reactive to external …

How microplastics quantities increase with flood events? An example from Mersin Bay NE Levantine coast of Turkey

S Gündoğdu, C Çevik, B Ayat, B Aydoğan… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Floods caused by heavy rain carry significant amounts of pollutants into marine
environments. This study evaluates the effect of multiple floods that occurred in the …

Patterns of trace metal bioaccumulation and trophic transfer in a phytoplankton-zooplankton-small pelagic fish marine food web

T Chouvelon, E Strady, M Harmelin-Vivien… - Marine Pollution …, 2019 - Elsevier
Trace metal contamination in the European sardine and anchovy food web was investigated
in the Gulf of Lions, NW Mediterranean Sea, including seawater and size fractions of …

Distribution and accumulation of metals and metalloids in planktonic food webs of the Mediterranean Sea (MERITE-HIPPOCAMPE campaign)

S Chifflet, N Briant, JA Tesán-Onrubia, N Zaaboub… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Particle-size classes (7 fractions from 0.8 to 2000 μm) were collected in the deep chlorophyll
maximum along a Mediterranean transect including the northern coastal zone (bays of …

Spatial distribution and ecotoxicological risk assessment of heavy metals in surface sediments of the southern Bohai Bay, China

B Hu, G Li, J Li, J Bi, J Zhao, R Bu - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2013 - Springer
The concentrations of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn) and organic carbon in
surface sediments, collected from the southern Bohai Bay, were determined to assess the …

Assessing the current state of the Gironde Estuary by mapping priority contaminant distribution and risk potential in surface sediment

A Larrose, A Coynel, J Schäfer, G Blanc, L Massé… - Applied …, 2010 - Elsevier
Based on high spatial resolution monitoring, the first spatial distribution maps for the eight
trace elements identified as priority contaminants in aquatic systems (ie As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg …

Levels and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in surface sediments of fishing grounds along Algerian coast

I Ahmed, B Mostefa, A Bernard, R Olivier - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2018 - Elsevier
The level and the ecological risk assessment of heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cr, V, As,
Pb, Cd and Co) were evaluated in surface sediments from fifty-one stations along the …

Impact of water-sediment regulation on the concentration and transport of dissolved heavy metals in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River

S Xue, H Jian, F Yang, Q Liu, Q Yao - Science of the total environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic activities in river basins, especially large-scale water conservancy projects,
have notably impacted the physical, chemical and ecological environments of estuaries and …

Microplastic contamination assessment in water and economic fishes in different trophic guilds from an urban water supply reservoir after flooding

J Wu, Z Jiang, Y Liu, X Zhao, Y Liang, W Lu… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rain and floods events are responsible for the transport of microplastics in freshwater
ecosystems, yet to date, rare study has examined microplastics pollution in urban water …