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
