Turbid Waters and Clearer Standards: Refining Water Quality Criteria for Coastal Environments by Encompassing Metal Bioavailability from Suspended Particles
Jing Qian,
Tingsheng Hu,
Haiyan Xiong
et al.
Abstract:Suspended particulate matter (SPM) carries a major fraction of metals in turbid coastal waters, markedly influencing metal bioaccumulation and posing risks to marine life. However, its effects are often overlooked in current water quality criteria for metals, primarily due to challenges in quantifying SPM's contribution. This contribution depends on the SPM concentration, metal distribution coefficients (K d ), and the bioavailability of SPM-bound metals (assimilation efficiency, AE), which can collectively be… Show more
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