It is well recognized that the ecosystem of the Bohai Sea is being rapidly degraded and the
Sea has basically lost its function as a fishing ground. Billions of funds have been spent in …

Background, aim and scope Over 50% of the global population live in urban centres and,
therefore, an understanding of the processes acting upon urban systems is a global issue …

The concentration and chemical fractionation of globally alarming six heavy metals (Cr, Ni,
Cu, As, Cd and Pb) were measured in surface water and sediment of an urban river in …

Bohai Bay, the second largest bay of Bohai Sea, largely due to the huge amount of
pollutants discharged into it annually and its geohydrologic condition, is considered to be …

Sequential extraction technique was used to study the mobility and dynamics of
operationally determined chemical forms of heavy metals in the sediments and their …

A hydrochemical study on a 630km stretch of river Gomti, a tributary of the river Ganges
examined the distribution of heavy metals in sediments and the partitioning of their chemical …

The pollution of aquatic ecosystem by heavy metals has assumed serious proportions due to
their toxicity and accumulative behavior. The toxicity and fate of the water borne metal is …

Heavy metals are potentially toxic to human life and the environment. Metal toxicity depends
on chemical associations in soils. For this reason, determining the chemical form of a metal …

Street dust samples were collected from three different localities (industrial, heavy traffic and
rural) situated in the greater Delhi area of India. The samples analyzed for Cd, Zn, Pb, Ni …

Thirty five bottom sediment samples were collected in a grid pattern from Wadi Al-Arab Dam.
The present study focuses on the levels of Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Cd, total organic matter (TOM) …