Chapter The offshore environmental impact by Sarno river in Naples bay (South-West Italy)

• Main Author: Di Leo, Antonella (auth)
• Other Authors: Giandomenico, Santina (auth), Spada, Lucia (auth), Cardellicchio, Nicola (auth), Buonocunto, Francesco Paolo (auth), Esposito, Eliana (auth), Ferraro, Luciana (auth), Giordano, Laura (auth), Milia, Alfonsa (auth), Violante, Crescenzo (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Florence Firenze University Press 2020
• Series: Proceedings e report 126
• Subjects: Organic matter; Naples bay
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Summary

The goal of this work has been to establish the influence of the Sarno river on the present sedimentation in the Naples bay continental shelf by evaluating organic matter contribution and pollution. Sediments samples were collected, by van Veen grab, in 71 stations located offshore the Sarno river between Vesuvian and Sorrento Peninsula coasts. The characteristics of the surface sediments were analysed to highlight spatial trends in the (i) granulometry (grain-size); (ii) total nitrogen, organic carbon and total phosphorus; (iii) metal content (Hg, Cd, Pb, As, Cr, Cu, Ni, Zn, Fe and Mn).

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (10 p.)

ISBN

978-88-5518-147-1.39
9788855181471

Access

Open Access