Potentially toxic elements in the dravinja river sediments (Eastern slovenia). Mezga, K., Dolenec, M., Šram, D., & Vrhovnik, P. Geologica Macedonica, 35(2):141 – 150, Goce Delchev University of Shtip, 2021. Cited by: 2
Potentially toxic elements in the dravinja river sediments (Eastern slovenia) [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
The Dravinja river is an important ecosystem and water resource for the Dravinja valley. A great part of the valley is under Natura 2000 protection which aims to protect and preserve natural environment and biodi-versity. Besides the Natura 2000 programme management, the river has been under increasing environmental pressures, among them the potentially toxic elements (PTE) contamination due to the rapid population growth, social economy, urbanization, and intensive agriculture activity. This study investigated the contents of selected PTEs (V, Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Mo, Cd, Sb, Ba and Pb) in the Dravinja river surficial sediments. The results show that seven out of eleven PTEs were above the allowable and warning limits. The distribution of PTEs may be influenced by the geological background composition to some level but more presumably by the anthropogenic activities such as wastewater dis-charges, industry and intensive agriculture. © 2021, Goce Delchev University of Shtip. All rights reserved.
@ARTICLE{Mezga2021141,
	author = {Mezga, Kim and Dolenec, Matej and Šram, Dejan and Vrhovnik, Petra},
	title = {Potentially toxic elements in the dravinja river sediments (Eastern slovenia)},
	year = {2021},
	journal = {Geologica Macedonica},
	volume = {35},
	number = {2},
	pages = {141 – 150},
	doi = {10.46763/GEOL21352141m},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85121982648&doi=10.46763%2fGEOL21352141m&partnerID=40&md5=980533860da13420674bd04074847230},
	affiliations = {Institute SeMe, Environmental Awareness and Sustainable Development, Partizanska street 14, Poljčane, SI-2319, Slovenia; Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Aškerčeva street 12, Ljubljana, SI-1000, Slovenia; Slovenian Environment Agency, Vojkova street 1b, Ljubljana, SI-1000, Slovenia},
	abstract = {The Dravinja river is an important ecosystem and water resource for the Dravinja valley. A great part of the valley is under Natura 2000 protection which aims to protect and preserve natural environment and biodi-versity. Besides the Natura 2000 programme management, the river has been under increasing environmental pressures, among them the potentially toxic elements (PTE) contamination due to the rapid population growth, social economy, urbanization, and intensive agriculture activity. This study investigated the contents of selected PTEs (V, Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Mo, Cd, Sb, Ba and Pb) in the Dravinja river surficial sediments. The results show that seven out of eleven PTEs were above the allowable and warning limits. The distribution of PTEs may be influenced by the geological background composition to some level but more presumably by the anthropogenic activities such as wastewater dis-charges, industry and intensive agriculture. © 2021, Goce Delchev University of Shtip. All rights reserved.},
	author_keywords = {Anthropogenic activities; Dravinja river; Potentially toxic elements; Sediments},
	correspondence_address = {P. Vrhovnik; Institute SeMe, Environmental Awareness and Sustainable Development, Poljčane, Partizanska street 14, SI-2319, Slovenia; email: petra.vrhovnik@outlook.com},
	publisher = {Goce Delchev University of Shtip},
	issn = {03521206},
	language = {English},
	abbrev_source_title = {Geol. Maced.},
	type = {Article},
	publication_stage = {Final},
	source = {Scopus},
	note = {Cited by: 2}
}

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