Sediment Quality Assessment and Management: Insight and Progress(Ecovision World Monograph)

Sediment contamination is an issue of concern throughout the world, and a major goal of the AEHMS has been to encourage the exchange of scientific knowledge on a worldwide basis. This is reflected in the global distribution of papers presented in this book, which summarizes the key findings of the Fourth International Symposium on Sediment Quality Assessment, held in Otsu, Japan, in October 2000. Sediment Quality Assessment and Management demonstrates how sediments and the organisms living in them provide an indication of spatial and temporal trends in contamination, how bioaccumulation is used to measure the bioavailable fraction of these contaminants, how toxicity tests can be used to measure environmental impacts, and how the cause of these effects can be identified.

Table of Contents:
Editorial M. Munawar Welcome M. Kumagai, M. Munawar, T. Murphy Foreword U. Borgmann Overview of Bioassessment and Management of Sediments A tiered, weight-of-evidence approach for evaluating aquatic ecosystems G.A. Burton, Jr., C.D. Rowland, M.S. Greenberg, D.R. Lavoie, J.F. Nordstrom, L. M. Eggert Assessing metal impacts in sediments: key questions and how to answer them U. Borgmann Canadian application of bioassays for environmental management: a review C. Blaise Eutrophication control by sediment treatment: Common assumptions and misconceptions T.P. Murphy, M. Kumagai, K. Ishikawa Monitoring Sediment Contamination: Spatial and Temporal trends Contaminated sediment in the Buffalo River Area of Concern – historical trends and current conditions K.N. Irvine, K.M. Frothingham, M.C. Rossi, S. Pickard, J. Atkinson,T. Bajak Heavy metals in the burrowing bivalve (Solen Strictus) from tidal flats along the western coast of South Korea G-S. Hwang, H-S. Shin, K. Kim, S-K. Yeo, J-S. Kim Assessment of chlorinated organic pollutants in the sediments of a coastal area of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Ombrone River-Italy): a case-study of multivariate approach for marine sediment characterisation A. M. Cicero, M. G. Finoia, M. Gabellini, E. Pietrantonio,G. Romanelli, E. Romano Geochemical and surface properties of river sediments in Eastern China J. Chen, F. Wang, Y. Zhang Monitoring of concentrations of heavy metals in water, sediment and fish in the river Ganga, India M.A. Khan, R.S. Panwar, A.K. Mathur, R.. Jetly Bioavailability, Toxicity, Risk Assessment and Treatment Multi-trophic bioassessment of stressed “Areas of Concern” of the Lake Erie watershed M. Munawar, I.F. Munawar, M. Burley, S. Carou, H. Niblock Contamination in intertidal areas: Risks of increased bioavailability P.J. den Besten Laboratory assay of TNT (2,4,6-trinitro-toluene) fate and toxicity in seawater and sediment G. Dave, E. Nilsson Field test of ammunition (TNT) dumping in the ocean G. Dave Weakly-bound metals and total nutrient concentrations of bulk sediments from some water reservoirs in Sao Paulo State, Brazil A.A. Mozeto, P.F. Silvério, F.C.F. DePaula, J.E. Bevilacqua,E. Patella, W. de F. Jardim Influence of sea cucumber on sediment improvement in a closed aquatic environment K. Kurata, Y. Kozuki, M. Kitano, K. Otsuka, H. Murakami Decomposition of organotin compounds in dredged material from harbours by means of an electrochemical process H. Stichnothe, W. Calmano Sediment-Water Interactions and Eutrophication Spatial and temporal trends in chlorophyll a, nutrients, and sediment in relation to avian mortality, Whitewater Lake, Manitoba, Canada K.N. Irvine, T.P. Murphy, T. Tang, L.M. Greer, D. Walters Surface water recruitment of bloom-forming cyanobacteria from deep water sediments of Lake Biwa, Japan K. Ishikawa, S. Tsujimura, M. Kumagai, H. Nakahara Effects of palaeoclimate on chemical and mechanical erosions in watershed recorded in lake sediments: The case of Daihai Lake (Northern China) Z. Jin, S. Wang, J. Shen, F. Li, X. Lu Estimation of phosphorus flux between bottom sediments and the water column in a shallow reservoir K. Amano, J. Li, H. Suzuki, Y. Yasuda The effects of sediment resuspension on phosphate release from sediment into the water column J. Li, K. Amano, Y. Yasuda A physico-ecological engineering system to reduce the eutrophication in Wulihu Bay, Taihu Lake, China C. Hu, W. Hu, J. Qian, P. Pu

About the Author :
M. Munawar is a research scientist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the series editor for the Ecovision World Monograph series, based out of Burlington, Ontario, Canada.