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Environmental status and geochemical assessment sediments of Lake Skadar, Montenegro

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The environmental mobility and geochemical partitioning of ten metals were examined in sediments collected from the six locations around Lake Skadar in Montenegro. A three-step sequential extraction procedure was used to determine the distribution of the metals in various substrates of lacustrine sediments, and the concentrations were measured in the liquid extract by ICP-OES. The largest portion of the total amount of cadmium, strontium and manganese can be found in sediment bound to the hydrated iron and manganese oxides; cobalt, lead, copper and nickel in the oxidizable fraction and the highest portion of chromium, vanadium and zinc are in the residual fraction. The most mobilized and potentially mobile metals are strontium, cadmium and cobalt while the most immobilized metals are chromium, vanadium and zinc. Based on geochemical parameters, an assessment of sediment contamination by the investigated metals was performed and the results showed potential risks ranging from “no risk” to “low risk” to the environment.

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    Vlatko Kastratović, Miljan Bigović & Slađana Krivokapić

  2. Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Montenegro, G. Washington Street P., 81000, Podgorica, Montenegro

    Željko Jaćimović

  3. Institute of Public Health of Montenegro, Ljubljana bb, 81000, Podgorica, Montenegro

    Dijana Đurović

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Kastratović, V., Jaćimović, Ž., Bigović, M. et al. Environmental status and geochemical assessment sediments of Lake Skadar, Montenegro. Environ Monit Assess 188, 449 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-016-5459-0

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