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Risk assessment of trace element contamination in river sediments in Serbia using pollution indices and statistical methods: a pilot study

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2015
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Sakan, Sanja
Dević, Gordana
Relić, Dubravka
Anđelković, Ivan
Sakan, Nenad
Đorđević, Dragana
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To effectively manage potential environmental and human health impacts of contaminated river sediments, it is important that information about the source (anthropogenic vs geogenic), variability and environmental risks associated with the contamination are well understood. The present study was carried out to assess the source and severity of contamination and to undertake a risk assessment for selected elements (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, V and Zn) in river sediments in Serbia. The estimate of the anthropogenic component of contamination was derived by determining the total element content and the background values for elements in sediments, and the severity of pollution was assessed by calculating a number of pollution indices including the contamination factor, the enrichment factor, the index of geoaccumulation, the ecological risk factor, the potential ecological risk index, the pollution load index, the combined pollution index, the modified degree of contamination and t...he toxic unit factor. This analysis indicates that river sediments in Serbia are primarily polluted with Zn, Cu and Cd. The most contaminated river systems are the Ibar, Pek, West Morava and Great Morava rivers. Mining activities were found to have a significant influence on sediment. Multivariate analyses suggested anthropogenic origins for Pb, Zn, Cd, As, Ni and Cu, whilst Fe, V, Mn, Co and Cr appear to have a mixed origin (both lithogenic and anthropogenic sources). A geochemical approach, with a calculation of pollution indices and statistical methods, is recognised as useful for the risk management of trace elements in sediments around the world.

Keywords:
Trace elements / River sediments / Enrichment factor / Modified degree of contamination / Multivariate analysis
Source:
Environmental Earth Sciences, 2015, 73, 10, 6625-6638
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  • Springer, New York
Funding / projects:
  • The study of physicochemical and biochemical processes in living environment that have impacts on pollution and the investigation of possibilities for minimizing the consequences (RS-172001)
  • Studying climate change and its influence on environment: impacts, adaptation and mitigation (RS-43007)

DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3886-1

ISSN: 1866-6280

WoS: 000353801300062

Scopus: 2-s2.0-84939987697
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AU  - Đorđević, Dragana
PY  - 2015
UR  - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1810
AB  - To effectively manage potential environmental and human health impacts of contaminated river sediments, it is important that information about the source (anthropogenic vs geogenic), variability and environmental risks associated with the contamination are well understood. The present study was carried out to assess the source and severity of contamination and to undertake a risk assessment for selected elements (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, V and Zn) in river sediments in Serbia. The estimate of the anthropogenic component of contamination was derived by determining the total element content and the background values for elements in sediments, and the severity of pollution was assessed by calculating a number of pollution indices including the contamination factor, the enrichment factor, the index of geoaccumulation, the ecological risk factor, the potential ecological risk index, the pollution load index, the combined pollution index, the modified degree of contamination and the toxic unit factor. This analysis indicates that river sediments in Serbia are primarily polluted with Zn, Cu and Cd. The most contaminated river systems are the Ibar, Pek, West Morava and Great Morava rivers. Mining activities were found to have a significant influence on sediment. Multivariate analyses suggested anthropogenic origins for Pb, Zn, Cd, As, Ni and Cu, whilst Fe, V, Mn, Co and Cr appear to have a mixed origin (both lithogenic and anthropogenic sources). A geochemical approach, with a calculation of pollution indices and statistical methods, is recognised as useful for the risk management of trace elements in sediments around the world.
PB  - Springer, New York
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VL  - 73
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year = "2015",
abstract = "To effectively manage potential environmental and human health impacts of contaminated river sediments, it is important that information about the source (anthropogenic vs geogenic), variability and environmental risks associated with the contamination are well understood. The present study was carried out to assess the source and severity of contamination and to undertake a risk assessment for selected elements (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, V and Zn) in river sediments in Serbia. The estimate of the anthropogenic component of contamination was derived by determining the total element content and the background values for elements in sediments, and the severity of pollution was assessed by calculating a number of pollution indices including the contamination factor, the enrichment factor, the index of geoaccumulation, the ecological risk factor, the potential ecological risk index, the pollution load index, the combined pollution index, the modified degree of contamination and the toxic unit factor. This analysis indicates that river sediments in Serbia are primarily polluted with Zn, Cu and Cd. The most contaminated river systems are the Ibar, Pek, West Morava and Great Morava rivers. Mining activities were found to have a significant influence on sediment. Multivariate analyses suggested anthropogenic origins for Pb, Zn, Cd, As, Ni and Cu, whilst Fe, V, Mn, Co and Cr appear to have a mixed origin (both lithogenic and anthropogenic sources). A geochemical approach, with a calculation of pollution indices and statistical methods, is recognised as useful for the risk management of trace elements in sediments around the world.",
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title = "Risk assessment of trace element contamination in river sediments in Serbia using pollution indices and statistical methods: a pilot study",
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Sakan, S., Dević, G., Relić, D., Anđelković, I., Sakan, N.,& Đorđević, D.. (2015). Risk assessment of trace element contamination in river sediments in Serbia using pollution indices and statistical methods: a pilot study. in Environmental Earth Sciences
Springer, New York., 73(10), 6625-6638.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-014-3886-1
Sakan S, Dević G, Relić D, Anđelković I, Sakan N, Đorđević D. Risk assessment of trace element contamination in river sediments in Serbia using pollution indices and statistical methods: a pilot study. in Environmental Earth Sciences. 2015;73(10):6625-6638.
doi:10.1007/s12665-014-3886-1 .
Sakan, Sanja, Dević, Gordana, Relić, Dubravka, Anđelković, Ivan, Sakan, Nenad, Đorđević, Dragana, "Risk assessment of trace element contamination in river sediments in Serbia using pollution indices and statistical methods: a pilot study" in Environmental Earth Sciences, 73, no. 10 (2015):6625-6638,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-014-3886-1 . .

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