Sedimentology of Aqueous Systems

Sediments in aqueous systems are of increasing interest to academics, researchers, practitioners and stakeholders around the world. This book not only covers the characteristics of the sediments themselves, but also their physico-chemical impact on aquatic habitats and subsequent management implications. There is a strong focus on methods and instrumentation for collecting data and monitoring of environmental sediment quality and as a result, a wide range of environments are considered - from urban areas to freshwater estuaries and marine ecosystems. The chapters have been written by international specialists in the field, ensuring a good breadth of examples, experiences and case studies throughout. This book will appeal to a broad spectrum of interests from geographers, to engineers and environmental scientists, and at undergraduate to post graduate and academic researcher levels.

Sediments in aqueous systems are of increasing interest to academics, researchers, practitioners and stakeholders around the world. This book not only covers the characteristics of the sediments themselves, but also their physico-chemical impact on aquatic habitats and subsequent management implications. There is a strong focus on methods and instrumentation for collecting data and monitoring of environmental sediment quality and as a result, a wide range of environments are considered - from urban areas to freshwater estuaries and marine ecosystems. The chapters have been written by international specialists in the field, ensuring a good breadth of examples, experiences and case studies throughout. This book will appeal to a broad spectrum of interests from geographers, to engineers and environmental scientists, and at undergraduate to post graduate and academic researcher levels.

ContributorsIntroduction: the sedimentology of aqueous systems(Cristiano Poleto & Susanne Charlesworth).1 Surrogate technologies for monitoring suspended-sedimenttransport in rivers (John R. Gray & Jeffrey W. Gartnereditors: Chauncey W. Anderson, Gregory G. Fisk, Jeffrey W.Gartner, G. Douglas Glysson, Daniel J. Gooding, John R. Gray, NancyJ. Hornewer, Matthew C. Larsen, Jamie P. Macy, Patrick P.Rasmussen, Scott A. Wright & Andrew C. Ziegler ).2 Surrogate technologies for monitoring bed-load transport inrivers (John R. Gray & Jeffrey W. Gartner, editors:Jonathan S. Barton, Janet Gaskin, Smokey A. Pittman & ColinD. Rennie).3 Sediment characterization (Edson CampanholaBortoluzzi, Maria Alice Santanna dos Santos & Marcos AntonioVilletti).4 Trace elements in urban environments: a review(Susanne Charlesworth, Eduardo De Miguel & AlmudenaOrdóñez).5 Urban aquatic sediments (Cristiano Poleto, SusanneCharlesworth & Ariane Laurenti).6 Biomarkers in integrated ecotoxicological sedimentassessment (Mark G.J. Hartl).7 Tools for assessing contaminated sediments in freshwaterestuarine, and marine ecosystems (Donald D. MacDonald &Christopher G. Ingersoll).Index.