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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Main Authors: Ottosen, Lisbeth M., Villumsen, Arne
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2006
Subjects:
Greenland
Sisimiut
Online Access:https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/9288e7ab-5c2b-48d3-a89a-eccb8d305135
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spelling 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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description 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.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Ottosen, Lisbeth M.
Villumsen, Arne
spellingShingle Ottosen, Lisbeth M.
Villumsen, Arne
Heavy metal pollution in sediment from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles
author_facet Ottosen, Lisbeth M.
Villumsen, Arne
author_sort Ottosen, Lisbeth M.
title Heavy metal pollution in sediment from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles
title_short Heavy metal pollution in sediment from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles
title_full Heavy metal pollution in sediment from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles
title_fullStr Heavy metal pollution in sediment from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles
title_full_unstemmed Heavy metal pollution in sediment from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles
title_sort heavy metal pollution in sediment from sisimiut, greenland. adsorption to organic matter and fine particles
publishDate 2006
url https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/9288e7ab-5c2b-48d3-a89a-eccb8d305135
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op_source 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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