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...
Main Authors: | Davide A.L. Vignati, Roberta Bettinetti, Aldo Marchetto |
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Format: | Article |
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 |
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