The Interactions Between Sediments and Water: Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium, Baveno, Italy 22–25 September 1996

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Interactions Between Sediments and Water Summary of the 7th International Symposium....Pages 1-7
Investigating Spatial Patterns of Overbank Sedimentation on River Floodplains....Pages 9-20
Effects of Bulk Density on Sediment Erosion Rates....Pages 21-31
The Effect of Flocculation on the Size Distributions of Bottom Sediment in Coastal Inlets: Implications for Contaminant Transport....Pages 33-42
The Freshwater Floc: A Functional Relationship of Water and Organic and Inorganic Floc Constituents Affecting Suspended Sediment Properties....Pages 43-53
Flocculation of Particles by Fluid Shear in Buffered Suspensions....Pages 55-62
Particle Size Selectivity Considerations in Suspended Sediment Budget Investigations....Pages 63-70
Spatial Variability of the Particle Size Composition of Overbank Floodplain Deposits....Pages 71-80
Variations of Bed Surface Sediment Size in a Channel Bend....Pages 81-88
Transport Characteristics of Tile-Drain Sediments from an Agricultural Watershed....Pages 89-103
Sediment Budget Analysis for River Reservoirs....Pages 105-112
Experimental Techniques for Laboratory Investigation of Clay Colloid Transport and Filtration in a Stream with a Sand Bed....Pages 113-122
Seiche-Induced Resuspension in Lake Kinneret: A Fluorescent Tracer Experiment....Pages 123-131
Probing Particle Processes in Lake Michigan Using Sediment Traps....Pages 133-139
The Dynamics of Suspended Sediment Transport in the Ribble Estuary....Pages 141-148
A Study of Transport and Mixing in Natural Waters Using ICP-MS: Water-Particle Interactions....Pages 149-156
Filtration Enhances Suspended Sediment Deposition from Surface Water to Granular Permeable Beds....Pages 157-171
Digital Imaging Characterization of the Kinematics of Water-Sediment Interaction....Pages 173-177
Comparison of Sediment Pore Water Sampling for Specific Parameters Using Two Techniques....Pages 179-185
Sediment-Water Interactions Affect Assessments of Metals Discharges at Electric Utilities....Pages 187-199
Effect of Ionic Composition and Temperature on the Radiocaesium Fixation in Freshwater Sediments....Pages 201-208
Relationships Between Radionuclide Content and Textural Properties in Irish Sea Intertidal Sediments....Pages 209-216
Comparison of Two Reagents, Sodium Pyrophosphate and Sodium Hydroxide, in the Extraction of Labile Metal Organic Complexes....Pages 217-223
Modeling the Dynamics of the Sorption of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals to Suspended Sediments....Pages 225-235
Analysis of Organic Micropollutants in Sediment Samples of the Venice Lagoon, Italy....Pages 237-244
PCBs and Organochlorine Pesticides in Lake Orta (Northern Italy) Sediments....Pages 245-254
Pollutant Exchange at the Water/Sediment Interface in the Venice Canals....Pages 255-263
Differences in Iron, Manganese, and Phosphorus Binding in Freshwater Sediment Vegetated with Littorella Uniflora and Benthic Microalgae....Pages 265-273
Selenium Associations in Estuarine Sediments: Redox Effects....Pages 275-282
Fe and Al Sedimentation and Their Importance as Carriers for P, N and C in a Large Humic Lake in Northern Sweden....Pages 283-295
Behaviour of Co, Fe, Mn and Ni in the PO Estuary (Italy)....Pages 297-304
Benthic Fluxes of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon, Nutrients and Oxygen in the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic)....Pages 305-314
Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Fractionation in the Sediment of Lake Bled (Slovenia)....Pages 315-323
C, N and Their Stable Isotopes in Suspended and Sedimented Matter from the Po Estuary (Italy)....Pages 325-332
The Sources of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon in Pore Waters of Lacustrine Sediment....Pages 333-341
Relationships between Suspended and Sediment Organic Matter in a Semi-Enclosed Marine System: The Stagnone Di Marsala Sound (Western Sicily)....Pages 343-352
Sources and Pathways of Particulate Organic Carbon in a Submarine Cave with Sulphur Water Springs....Pages 353-362
Seasonal Variations of Sulphate Reduction Rates, Sulphur Pools and Iron Availability in the Sediment of a Dystrophic Lagoon (Sacca Di Goro, Italy)....Pages 363-371
Hypolimnetic Alkalinity Generation in Two Dilute, Oligotrophic Lakes in Ontario, Canada....Pages 373-380
Interactions Between Benthic Phosphorus Release and Sulfur Cycling in Lake Scharmützelsee (Germany)....Pages 381-389
Factors Regulating the Flux of Phosphate at the Sediment-Water Interface of A Subtropical Calcareous Lake: A Simulation Study with Intact Sediment Cores....Pages 391-399
Experiments on Water-Sediment Nutrient Partitioning Under Turbulent, Shear and Diffusive Conditions....Pages 401-409
Variations of Phosphorus Release from Sediments in Stratified Lakes....Pages 411-425
Modelling of Pore Water Nutrient Distribution and Benthic Fluxes in Shallow Coastal Waters (Gulf of Trieste, Northern Adriatic)....Pages 427-434
Impact of Nitrate Addition on Phosphorus Availability in Sediment and Water Column and on Plankton Biomass — Experimental Field Study in the Shallow Brackish Schlei Fjord (Western Baltic, Germany)....Pages 435-443
Bottom sediments in a humic lake with artificially increased calcium content: sink or source for phosphorus?....Pages 445-456
Sediment and Phosphorus Export from a Lowland Catchment: Quantification of Sources....Pages 457-464
Sediment Accumulation of Nutrients (N, P) in the Eastern Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea)....Pages 465-476
Algal Blooms in the Darling-Barwon River, Australia....Pages 477-486
Spatial Distributions of Biogeochemical Parameters in Surface Sediments....Pages 487-496
Elemental Distribution in a Sedimentary Deposit on the Shelf Off the Tagus Estuary (Portugal)....Pages 497-505
Remobilization of trace elements from polluted anoxic sediments after resuspension in oxic water....Pages 507-514
Trophic Status and Lake Sedimentation Fluxes....Pages 515-522
Relationship Between Benthic Fluxes and Macrophyte Cover in a Shallow Brackish Lagoon....Pages 523-531
Water-Sediment Exchange of Nutrients During Early Diagenesis and Resuspension of Anoxic Sediments from the Northern Adriatic Sea Shelf.....Pages 533-540
Fluxes of Suspended Materials in the North Adriatic Sea (Po Prodelta Area)....Pages 541-556
Sediment Records of Fallout Radionuclides and Their Application to Studies of Sediment-Water Interactions....Pages 557-572
A Spacio-Temporal Pattern of Pollen Sedimentation in a Dimictic Lake with Laminated Sediments....Pages 573-585
Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction of Lago di Albano (Central Italy) During the Late Pleistocene Using Fossil Ostracod Assemblages....Pages 587-592
A Late Glacial and Holocene Record of Biological and Environmental Changes from the Crater Lake Albano, Central Italy: An Interdisciplinary European Project (Paliclas)....Pages 593-600
Bivalves and Heavy Metals in Polluted Sediments: A Chemometric Approach....Pages 601-613
Colonization Patterns and Densities of Zebra Mussel Dreissena in Muddy Offshore Sediments of Western Lake Erie, Canada....Pages 615-622
Trophic Modifications in Lake Como (N. Italy) Caused by the Zebra mussel ( Dreissena Polymorpha )....Pages 623-632
Assessing Benthic Impacts of Organic Enrichment from Marine Aquaculture....Pages 633-640
Accumulation of Inorganic and Organic Pollutants by Biofilms in the Aquatic Environment....Pages 641-650
Use of a 6-steps microcosm for studying a wastewater discharge in a freshwater ecosystem: a multidisciplinary study....Pages 651-659
Arylsulfatase and Alkaline Phosphatase (Apase) Activity in Sediments of Lake Kinneret, Israel....Pages 661-669
Sediment Features, Primary Producers and Food Web Structure in Two Shallow Temporary Lakes (Monegros, Spain)....Pages 671-679
Influence of Particle Size Distribution and Content of Organic Matter on the Toxicity of Copper in Sediment Bioassays Using Caenorhabditis Elegans (Nematoda)....Pages 681-688
Heavy Metal Distribution in Sediment Cores from Western Ross Sea (Antarctica)....Pages 689-695
Scavenging Processes and Export Fluxes Close to a Retreating Seasonal Ice Margin (Ross Sea, Antarctica)....Pages 697-704
The Distribution of PCB’s and Chlorinated Pesticides in Two Connected Himalayan Lakes....Pages 705-715
Back Matter....Pages 717-725
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