TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL TRENDS OF SELECTED POPs IN RIVERINE SEDIMENTS: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FOR ASSESSMENT OF RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH FREQUENT FLOOD EVENTS?

• Authors: KUKUČKA Petr; AUDY Ondřej; PROKEŠ Roman; KOMPRDOVÁ Klára; KLÁNOVÁ Jana
• Year of publication: 2010
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Organohalogen Compounds
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Water pollution and control
• Keywords: sedimen; POPs; PCDDs; PCDFs; PCNs; dl-PCBs; trends; fate; PBDEs
• Description: Levels of PCDDs/Fs, dl-PCBs, PCNs and PBDEs were investigated in the case study focused on temporal and spatial variability of the POP levels in river sediments. The sediment samples were collected from 5 sampling sites (4 riverine, 1 oxbow) from the rivershed of Morava river on monthly basis during the period of one year. This region, heavily affected by various industrial activities as well as intensive agriculture, is a subject of frequent flood events

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