Monitoring pollution in River Mures, Romania, Part I: The limitation of traditional methods and community response

The role of environmental impact assessment in the sustainable artificial island development: A Qatar's Island case study

“…Interestingly, higher metal concentrations in the marine environment are usually due to natural sources such as physical and chemical weathering processes in the form of sediments from the earth's crust, common in the eastern Gulf that contain iron, aluminum, several nickel sulfide minerals, and metalliferous sediments of marine origin (Al Mamoon et al, 2019). Other sources include anthropogenic activities like industrial and domestic sewage discharges (Sandu et al, 2008). Possibly, metals originate from the surrounding urban environment and make their way to the marine environment through runoff during high rainfall episodes (Al Mamoon et al, 2019).…”

Heavy Metal Pollution in Xinfengjiang River Sediment and the Response of Fish Species Abundance to Heavy Metal Concentrations

“…Heavy metals have received widespread attention in the past few decades due to them being persistent hazards to aquatic ecosystems and human health, which are constantly released by natural and anthropic activities, such as mining, industrial and domestic sewage discharge, agriculture, e-waste, soil erosion as well as rock weathering [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]. As one of the components of an aquatic ecosystem, sediment plays an important role as both a concentrated sink of heavy metal pollution, and to some extent an inevitable source [ 5 , 6 ].…”

Freshwater aquatic reptiles (Testudines and Crocodylia) as biomonitor models in assessing environmental contamination by inorganic elements and the main analytical techniques used: a review

“…These studies are mainly focused on the detection and monitoring of the concentrations of these elements in the environment, especially those that are not directly essential for biological functions (Vanz et al, 2003;Zhou et al, 2006). Despite this, these substances are known to have both natural and anthropic origins (Bray, 1995;Gheorghe et al, 2017;Sandu et al, 2008). Thus, it is important to understand the main sources of chemical residue generation; the naturally occurring elements in the areas where these pollutants are released, which substance organisms may possibly be exposed to (organic and inorganic elements, endocrine disruptors) and the main contamination routes (dermic ingestion, water or contaminated prey).…”