Metales pesados en sedimentos contaminados: Variabilidad espacio-temporal en la ría de Bilbao

Several samples ofsurficial sediments were collected in two polluted sites of the Bilbao estuary In order to study the spatial (on a metric scale) and temporal variability of the contents of heavy metals and As. A decline in concentrations between 1997 and 2001 has been observed in one of the sampli...

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Autores: Irabien, María Jesús, Yusta, Iñaki, Zabaleta, Ane
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/9591
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/9591
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Sediments
Heavy metals
Pollution
Variability
Bilbao estuary
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Resumo:Several samples ofsurficial sediments were collected in two polluted sites of the Bilbao estuary In order to study the spatial (on a metric scale) and temporal variability of the contents of heavy metals and As. A decline in concentrations between 1997 and 2001 has been observed in one of the sampling sites. This change may be caused by recent reduction in anthropogenic discharges related to improvement in effluent clean-up procedures and closure of polluting factories. To the contrary, a significant enrichment has been found in the other studied site. Remobilization of more polluted materials located inmediatly upstreams, due to recent dredgings, may be responsible for this unexpected increase