Heavy metal pollution in sediment from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles
Sediment samples from the aquatic environment around Sisimiut were taken. High concentrations of Cu (up to 200 mg/kg) and Cd (up to 4.0 mg/kg) were found in some of the samples. Both of these concentrations are 4 times higher than the limiting concentration where toxicological effects are expected....
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ftdtupubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/9288e7ab-5c2b-48d3-a89a-eccb8d305135 2023-05-15T16:26:42+02:00 Heavy metal pollution in sediment from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles Ottosen, Lisbeth M. Villumsen, Arne 2006 https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/9288e7ab-5c2b-48d3-a89a-eccb8d305135 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Ottosen , L M & Villumsen , A 2006 , ' Heavy metal pollution in sediment from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles ' , Environmental Chemistry Letters , vol. 4 , pp. 195-199 . article 2006 ftdtupubl 2023-01-11T23:57:00Z Sediment samples from the aquatic environment around Sisimiut were taken. High concentrations of Cu (up to 200 mg/kg) and Cd (up to 4.0 mg/kg) were found in some of the samples. Both of these concentrations are 4 times higher than the limiting concentration where toxicological effects are expected. The pollution could be linked to human activities in Sisimiut, a link that have not been investigated previously in Greenland. Except from the most polluted samples there was good correlation between heavy metal concentration and organic matter. Also some relation between fine fraction and heavy metal concentration was observed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Sisimiut Technical University of Denmark: DTU Orbit Greenland Sisimiut ENVELOPE(-53.674,-53.674,66.939,66.939) |
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Sediment samples from the aquatic environment around Sisimiut were taken. High concentrations of Cu (up to 200 mg/kg) and Cd (up to 4.0 mg/kg) were found in some of the samples. Both of these concentrations are 4 times higher than the limiting concentration where toxicological effects are expected. The pollution could be linked to human activities in Sisimiut, a link that have not been investigated previously in Greenland. Except from the most polluted samples there was good correlation between heavy metal concentration and organic matter. Also some relation between fine fraction and heavy metal concentration was observed. |
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Ottosen, Lisbeth M. Villumsen, Arne |
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Ottosen, Lisbeth M. Villumsen, Arne Heavy metal pollution in sediment from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles |
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Ottosen, Lisbeth M. Villumsen, Arne |
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Ottosen, Lisbeth M. |
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Heavy metal pollution in sediment from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles |
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Heavy metal pollution in sediment from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles |
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Heavy metal pollution in sediment from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles |
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Heavy metal pollution in sediment from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles |
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Heavy metal pollution in sediment from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles |
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heavy metal pollution in sediment from sisimiut, greenland. adsorption to organic matter and fine particles |
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Greenland Sisimiut |
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Ottosen , L M & Villumsen , A 2006 , ' Heavy metal pollution in sediment from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles ' , Environmental Chemistry Letters , vol. 4 , pp. 195-199 . |
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