Sediment/Water Interactions Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium

Sediment/Water Interactions Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium / edited by P.G. Sly, B.T. Hart.

Introduction The Fourth Symposium on Sediment/Water Interactions was held in Melbourne, Australia, February 16-20th, 1987. The previous three symposia were held in Amsterdam, Kingston (Ontario), and Geneva, In keeping with the approach established in Geneva, contributions addressed sediment/water in...

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Other Authors: Sly, P.G (Editor), Hart, B.T (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1989.
Edition:1st ed. 1989.
Series:Developments in Hydrobiology ; 50
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Subjects:
Aquatic ecology .
Environment.
Hydrogeology.
Geochemistry.
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Table of Contents:
  • Water and water science management
  • Social choice, risk and determinism in water quality management
  • Problems of organization in the science, politics and management of water
  • Habitat changes
  • Successional changes in habitat caused by sedimentation in navigation pools
  • The effect of low water levels on the water quality of Lake Biwa, Japan
  • Sediment dynamics, transport and deposition, and distributions
  • The entrainment of sediments by the turbulent flow of water
  • Hydro-sedimentology of the Johnstone River estuary, Australia
  • Resuspension, ephemeral mud blankets and nitrogen cycling in Laholmsbukten, southeast Kattegat
  • Sediment transport in an inland river in north Queensland
  • Dynamic characteristics under low flow conditions in the Wakool River, New South Wales
  • Sediment dispersion: part I, fine sediments and the significance of the silt/clay ratio
  • Sediment dispersion: part II, characterization by size of sand fraction and percent mud
  • The particle size characteristics of fluvial suspended sediment: an overview
  • Contaminant accumulation, distributions, geochemistry and mineralogy
  • Ionic alkyllead compounds in environmental water and sediments
  • A study on heavy metal partitioning in sediments from Poyang Lake, China
  • An environmental investigation of a marine coastal area: Gulf of Gaeta (Tyrrhenian Sea)
  • Variability of the heavy metal content of flood deposits (Abstract only)
  • Heavy metals in eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) during growth and decomposition
  • Mercury pollution in Tokuyama Bay, Japan
  • Distribution of nutrients, trace elements, PAHs and radionuclides in sediment cores from Lake Varese, Italy
  • Nickel sorption and speciation in a marine environment
  • The determination of heavy metals in water, suspended materials and sediments from the Langat River, Malaysia
  • Trace elements in suspended particulate matter from the Yarra River, Australia
  • Geochemical characteristics of heavy metals in the Xiangjiang River, China
  • Material cycling
  • Importance of sediments in understanding nutrient cyclings in lakes
  • Characteristics of settling matter and its role in nutrient cycles in a deep oligotrophic lake
  • Trace metal dynamics in a seasonally anoxic lake (Abstract only)
  • Nutrient remobilisation at the Tiber River mouth, Italy
  • Use of radionuclides in the study of contaminant cycling processes
  • Seasonal variations in the loosely sorbed phosphorus fraction of the sediment of a shallow and hypereutrophic lake (Abstract only)
  • Coupling of strontium and calcium cycles in Lake Constance, Switzerland
  • Acid rain and lake acidification
  • Acid rain and its effects on sediments in lakes and streams
  • Concentrations and distribution of Fe, Zn and Cu in tissues of the white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) in relation to elevated levels of metals and low pH
  • Microbially mediated reactions and contaminant effects on micbiota
  • Microorganisms and the aquatic environment
  • Accumulation of poly-?-hydroxybutyrate in a methane-enriched, halogenated, hydrocarbon-degrading soil column: implications for microbial community structure and nutritional status
  • Bioavailability and toxic effects
  • Can we determine the biological availability of sediment-bound trace elements?
  • Sediment toxicity testing in two areas of concern of the Laurentian Great Lakes : Toronto (Ontario) 397 and Toledo (Ohio) Harbours
  • Toxicity of metal polluted sediments to Daphnia magna and Tubifex tubifex
  • Manipulation and disposal techniques
  • Nitrate enhancement of nitrification depth in sediment/water microcosms (Abstract only)
  • Ceramic processing of polluted dredged mud
  • Modelling
  • A simulation of the process of sedimentation of suspended solids in the Yoshii River estuary, Japan
  • The transport of fine-grained sediments in shallow waters (Abstract only)
  • Methods and analytical techniques
  • Uncertainty in description of sediment chemical composition
  • Study of metal sorption/desorption processes on competing sediment components with a multi-chamber device (Abstract only)
  • Sediment sampling evaluated with a new weighting function and index of reliability
  • The use of turbidity in suspended sediment research
  • Sediment trap assemblages: a methodological description
  • Bioavailable metal uptake rate in urban stormwater determined by dialysis with receiving resins
  • A sensitive screening bioassay technique for the toxicological assessment of small quantities of contaminated bottom or suspended sediments
  • The potential in fluvial geormorphology of a new mineral identification technology (QEM*SEM)
  • Measurements of sediment toxicity of autotrophic and heterotrophic picoplankton by epifluores-cence microscopy
  • A new sampler for collection of interstitial water from sandy sediments.

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