Combining contamination indexes, sediment quality guidelines and multivariate data analysis for metal pollution assessment in marine sediments of Cienfuegos Bay, Cuba
文摘
Contamination indexes, TELs and PELs for assessing metal pollution in sediments. Arsenic, Cu, Ni, Zn and V concentrations decreased respect to previous studies. Cd and Cu were the most contaminated elements in most sediments. Cu and Ni were linked with occasional adverse biological effects in most sediments. Cu could be considered as the most dangerous in the whole bay.