Observations of the transport of suspended matter into the Skagerrak along the western and northern coast of Jutland

1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 91-98
Author(s):  
J Rodhe
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Matter ◽  
Northern Coast

scholarly journals Some chemical aspects of the marine environment off the Amazon and Pará rivers, Brazil

1971 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Argeo Magliocca
Keyword(s):  
Dissolved Oxygen ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
Suspended Matter ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Low Fertility ◽  
Northern Coast ◽  
Tropical Atlantic ◽  
Low Light ◽  
River Waters

This paper describes the salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen and inorganic phosphate distributions for the Brazil northern coast, with special reference to the marine environment off the Amazon and Pará rivers. The change in direction of the coast with the consequent change in the axis of the Guiana Current together with the large amount of suspended matter contributed by river waters, create peculiar conditions on the continental shelf. These conditions are also influenced by the wind and rain system. Out from the continental shelf Tropical Atlantic oceanic conditions are prevalent. In contrast to the very low fertility of the Guiana Current the coastal waters, directly influenced by the rivers, show a supersatu ration of dissolved oxygen. The nutrients absorbed by suspended matter are partly liberated when the rivers mix with the oceanic water. However, the low light penetration restricts the oxygen production to only few meters.

Methodical Peculiarities of the Preparation of Samples of Suspended Matter and Bottom Sediments

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. A. Zhezherya ◽  
P. N. Linnik ◽  
T. P. Zhezherya ◽  
M. P. Skobley
Keyword(s):  
Bottom Sediments ◽  
Suspended Matter

Methodology of Research in Micropollutants – Heavy Metals

1982 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 107-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Wollast
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Aqueous Phase ◽  
Suspended Matter ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Aquatic Organisms ◽  
Biological Processes ◽  
Particulate Phase ◽  
Sources Of Pollution ◽  
Adsorption Desorption

A comparison of the concentration of dissolved and of particulate heavy metals in the aquatic system indicates that these elements are strongly enriched in the suspended matter. The transfer between the aqueous phase and the solid phase may be due to dissolution-precipitation reactions, adsorption-desorption processes or biological processes. When these processes are identified, it is further possible to develop mathematical models which describe the behaviour of these elements. The enrichment of heavy metals in the particulate phase suspended or deposited and in aquatic organisms constitutes a powerful tool in order to evaluate sources of pollution.

Methyl mercury in the dutch rhine delta

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 213-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendrik Pieters ◽  
Victor Geuke
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Matter ◽  
Methyl Mercury ◽  
Mercury Contamination ◽  
Benthic Organisms ◽  
Considerable Decrease ◽  
Continuous Sedimentation ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
High Level ◽  
Almost All

Samples of yellow eel from various locations in the Dutch Rhine area have been analyzed for trend monitoring of mercury since 1977. In the western Rhine delta mercury levels in eels have hardly changed since the seventies, whereas in the eastern part of the Dutch Rhine area a considerable decrease of mercury concentrations in eel has occurred. Because of continuous sedimentation of contaminated suspended matter transported from upstream regions, accumulation rates and concentrations of mercury in eel in the western Rhine delta remained at a relatively high level. Analyses of methyl mercury in biota have been performed to elucidate the role of methyl mercury in the mercury contamination of the Dutch Rhine ecosystem. Low percentages of methyl mercury were observed in zooplankton (3 to 35%). In benthic organisms (mussels) percentages of methyl mercury ranged from 30 to 57%, while in fish species and liver of aquatic top predator birds almost all the mercury was present in the form of methyl mercury (> 80%). During the period 1970-1990 mercury concentrations of suspended matter in the eastern Rhine delta have drastically decreased. These concentrations seemed to be highly correlated with mercury concentrations of eel (R = 0.84). The consequences of this relation are discussed.

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