Sediment/Water Interactions: Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Social choice, risk and determinism in water quality management....Pages 1-5
Problems of organization in the science, politics and management of water....Pages 7-16
Successional changes in habitat caused by sedimentation in navigation pools....Pages 17-27
The effect of low water levels on the water quality of Lake Biwa....Pages 29-38
The entrainment of sediments by the turbulent flow of water....Pages 39-49
Hydro-sedimentology of the Johnstone River estuary....Pages 51-60
Resuspension, ephemeral mud blankets and nitrogen cycling in Laholmsbukten, south east Kattegat....Pages 61-75
Sediment transport in an inland river in North Queensland....Pages 77-92
Dynamic characteristics under low flow conditions in the Wakool River, N.S.W....Pages 93-98
Sediment dispersion: part 1, fine sediments and significance of the silt/clay ratio....Pages 99-110
Sediment dispersion: part 2, characterisation by size of sand fraction and percent mud....Pages 111-124
The particle size characteristics of fluvial suspended sediment: an overview....Pages 125-149
Ionic alkyllead compounds in environmental water and sediments....Pages 151-158
A study on heavy metal partitioning in sediments from Poyang Lake in China....Pages 159-170
An environmental investigation of a marine coastal area: Gulf of Gaeta (Tyrrhenian Sea)....Pages 171-187
Variability of the Metal Content of Flood Deposits....Pages 188-188
Heavy metals in eelgrass ( Zostera marina L.) during growth and decomposition....Pages 189-196
Mercury pollution in Tokuyama Bay....Pages 197-211
Distribution of nutrients, trace elements, PAHs and radionuclides in sediment cores from Lake Varese (N. Italy)....Pages 213-223
Nickel sorption and speciation in a marine environment....Pages 225-232
The determination of heavy metals in water, suspended materials and sediments from Langat River, Malaysia....Pages 233-238
Trace elements in suspended particulate matter from the Yarra River, Australia....Pages 239-251
Geochemical characteristics of heavy metals in the Xiangjiang River, China....Pages 253-262
Importance of sediments in understanding nutrient cyclings in lakes....Pages 263-277
Characteristics of settling matter and its role in nutrient cycles in a deep oligotrophic lake....Pages 279-295
Trace Metal Dynamics in a Seasonally Anoxic Lake....Pages 296-296
Nutrient remobilisation processes at the Tiber River mouth (Italy)....Pages 297-306
Use of radionuclides in the study of contaminant cycling processes....Pages 307-320
Seasonal Variations in the Loosely Sorbed Phosphorus Fraction of the Sediment of a Shallow and Hypereutrophic Lake....Pages 321-321
Coupling of strontium and calcium cycles in Lake Constance....Pages 323-329
Acid rain and its effects on sediments in lakes and streams....Pages 331-348
Concentrations and distribution of Fe, Zn and Cu in tissues of the white sucker ( Catostomus commersoni ) in relation to elevated levels of metals and low pH....Pages 349-354
Microorganisms and the aquatic environment....Pages 355-368
Accumulation of poly- β -hydroxybutyrate in a methane-enriched, halogenated hydrocarbon-degrading soil column: implications for microbial community structure and nutritional status....Pages 369-377
Can we determine the biological availability of sediment-bound trace elements?....Pages 379-396
Sediment toxicity testing in two areas of concern of the Laurentian Great Lakes: Toronto (Ontario) and Toledo (Ohio) Harbours....Pages 397-409
Toxicity of metal polluted sediments to Daphnia magna and Tubifex tubifex ....Pages 411-417
Nitrate Enhancement of Nitrification Depth in Sediment/Water Microcosms....Pages 418-418
Ceramic processing of polluted dredged mud....Pages 419-430
A simulation of the process of sedimentation of suspended solids in the Yoshii River estuary....Pages 431-438
The Transport of Fine-Grained Sediments in Shallow Waters....Pages 439-439
Uncertainty in description of sediment chemical composition....Pages 441-448
Study of Metal Sorption/Desorption Processes on Competing Sediment Components with a Multichamber Device....Pages 449-449
Sediment sampling evaluated with a new weighting function and index of reliability....Pages 451-464
The use of turbidimeters in suspended sediment research....Pages 465-480
Sediment trap assemblages — a methodological description....Pages 481-490
Bioavailable metal uptake rate in urban stormwater determined by dialysis with receiving resins....Pages 491-495
A sensitive screening bioassay technique for the toxicological assessment of small quantities of contaminated bottom or suspended sediments....Pages 497-507
The potential in fluvial geomorphology of a new mineral identification technology (QEM7*SEM)....Pages 509-524
Measurements of sediment toxicity of autotrophic and heterotrophic picoplankton by epifluorescence microscopy....Pages 525-530
A new sampler for collection of interstitial water from sandy sediments....Pages 531-533