Long-term persistence of sedimentary copper contamination in Lake Orta: potential environmental risks 20 years after liming
<p>Lake Orta, northern Italy, has suffered from severe copper pollution and human-induced acidification between the 1920s and the 1990s because of discharges from a rayon factory and electroplating industries located in its water basin. Following liming operations in the late 1990s, the chemic...
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| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Limnology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/1232 |