| Title: | Heavy metal signature and environmental assessment of nearshore sediments: Port of Koper (Northern Adriatic Sea) |
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| Authors: | ID Rogan Šmuc, Nastja (Author)
ID Dolenec, Matej (Author)
ID Dolenec, Sabina (Author)
ID Mladenovič, Ana (Author) |
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 URL - Source URL, visit https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences8110398
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  ZAG - Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute
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| Abstract: | Heavy metal abundance and potential environmental risks are reported for surface sediments (n = 21) from the Port of Koper area, Republic of Slovenia. The enrichment factor (EF) indicates minor enrichment in arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), molybdenum (Mo), lead (Pb), antimony (Sb), and zinc (Zn), moderately to severely enriched with nickel (Ni). The trace metal chemistries, in the context of sediment quality guidelines (SQG), imply adverse threshold effect concentrations (TEC) and probable effect concentrations (PEC), for Ni only. Sediment sequential leaching experiments demonstrated that the majority of heavy metals were of natural lithogenic origin and low bioavailability. The heavy metals’ potential for “Risk Assessment Code” values exhibited no or low anthropogenic environmental burden, with the exception of Mo. |
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| Keywords: | port sediments, heavy metals, chemical speciation, risk assessment, Northem Adriatic Sea |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 31.10.2018 |
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| Publisher: | MDPI AG |
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| Year of publishing: | 2018 |
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| Number of pages: | 18 str. |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 8, iss. 11 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-17504  |
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| UDC: | 502/504 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2076-3263 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/geosciences8110398 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 2406247 |
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| Copyright: | © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 12.12.2023 |
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