Shallow gas accumulation in sediments from the North Terminal of the Port of Aveiro, Ria de Aveiro, Portugal

Distribution of mercury in the upper sediments from a polluted area (Ria de aveiro, Portugal).

It is well known that chlor-alkali industries using mercury as a cathode are an important source of this heavy metal to aquatic environments. Once discharged into rivers, lakes or coastal waters, mercury accumulates in sediments and in the aquatic food web (Gonzalez, 1991). Both elemental mercury and its compounds are noxious to all living organisms, and are bioaccumulative and persistent. Meta...

Mercury pollution in Ria de Aveiro (Portugal): a review of the system assessment.

The Ria de Aveiro (Portugal) is a coast al lagoon adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean and it has an inner bay (Laranjo bay) that received a highly contaminated effluent discharged by a mercury cell chlor-alkali plant from the 1950s until 1994. The aim of this study is to review in a holistic way several research studies that have been carried out in the Ria de Aveiro, in order to evaluate the remobi...

Assessment of methylmercury production in a temperate salt marsh (Ria de Aveiro Lagoon, Portugal).

Mercury contamination in invertebrate biota in a temperate coastal lagoon (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal).

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Occurrence and sources of selected phenolic endocrine disruptors in Ria de Aveiro, Portugal

BACKGROUND, AIM AND SCOPE Ria de Aveiro (Portugal) is a shallow coastal lagoon of high economic and ecological importance. Hardly any data on its chemical pollution by polar organic pollutants are available in literature. This study focused on the presence and sources of a series of phenolic endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) in this area, including parabens, alkylphenolic compounds and bisp...