Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) Determination of Metals and Metalloids in Marine Sediments. Evaluation of the Contamination Levels in Tenerife Island

REFERENCES

• Alfonso , P. , J. C. Megarejo , I. Yusta , and F. Velasco . 2003 . Geochemistry of feldespars and muscovite in granitic pegmatite from the cap de creus field, Catalonia, Spain . Can. Mineral. 41 : 103 – 116 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bijker , E. W. 1997. Long-shore transport computations. J. Waterw. Harbors Coastal Eng. 99: WW4.
   Google Scholar
• Caeiro , S. , M. H. Costa , T. B. Ramos , F. Fernandes , N. Silveira , A. Coimbra , G. Medeiros , and M. Painho. 2005 . Assessing heavy metal contamination in Sado Estuary sediment: An index analysis approach . Ecol. Indicat. 5 : 151 – 169 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Carral , E. , X. Puente , R. Villares , and A. Carballeira . 1995 . Background heavy metals levels in estuarine sediments and organisms in Galizia (northwest Spain) as determined by modal analysis . Sci. Total Environ. 172 : 175 – 188 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Delgado , J. , J. M. Nieto , and T. Boski . 2010 . Analysis of the spatial variation of heavy metals in the Guadiana Estuary sediments (SW Iberian Peninsula) base on GIS-mapping techniques . Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 88 : 71 – 83 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Díaz-de Alba , M. , M. D. Galindo-Riaño , M. J. Casanueva-Marenco , M. García-Vargas , and C. M. Kosore . 2011 . Assessment of the metal pollution, potential toxicity and speciation of sediment from Algeciras Bay (South of Spain) using chemometric tools . J. Hazard. Mater. 190 : 177 – 187 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Everaat , J. M. , and C. V. Fischer . 1992 . The distribution of heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb) in the fine fractions of surface sediments of the North Sea . Neth. J. Sea Res. 29 : 323 – 331 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Facetti , J. , V. M. Dekov , and R. Van Grieken . 1998 . Heavy metals in sediments from the Paraguay River: A preliminary study . Sci. Total Environ. 209 : 79 – 86 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fernandes de Aldecoa , J. C. 2000 . PhD thesis. Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, España.
   Google Scholar
• González-Macías , C. , I. Schifter , D. B. Lluch-Cota , L. Méndez-Rodríguez , and S. Hernández-Vázquez. 2006 . Distribution, enrichment and accumulation of heavy metals in coastal sediments of Salina Cruz Bay, México . Environ. Mon. Asses. 118 : 211 – 230 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hernán , F. , C. R. Cubas , E. Ancochea , J. L. Brändle , and M. J. Huertas . 1996 . Característicascomposicionales y procesos de evoluciónmagmática en el complejovolcánicosur-III de Fuerteventura (Islas Canarias) . Geogaceta 20 : 550 – 553 .
   Google Scholar
• Julien , P. Y. 1994 . Erosion and Sedimentation . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Kaiser , H. F. 1960 . The application of electronic computers to factor analysis . Educ. Psychol. Meas. 20 : 141 – 151 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kay , J. T. , and M. H. Conklin . 2001 . Processes of nickel and cobalt uptake by a manganese oxide forming sediment in pinal creek, Globe Mining District, Arizona . Env. Sci. Technol. 35 : 4719 – 4725 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kuang-Chung , Y. , T. Li-Jyur , C. Shih-Hsiung , and H. Shien-Tsong . 2000 . Correlation analyses on binding behaviour of heavy metals with sediment matrices . Wat. Res. 35 : 2417 – 2428 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Landajo , A. , G. Arana , A. de Diego , N. Etxebarria , O. Zuloaga , and D. Amouroux. 2004 . Analysis of heavy metal distribution in superficial estuarine sediments (estuary of Bilbao, Basque Country) by open-focused microwave-assisted extraction and ICP-OES . Chemosphere 56 : 1033 – 1041 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Llinas , O. , J. A. González , and M. J. Rueda . 1996 . Oceanography and marine resources in the Eastern Central Atlantic . Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands , Spain : Canary Marine Science Institute .
   Google Scholar
• Loska , K. , and D. Wiechula . 2003 . Application of principal component analysis for the estimation of source of heavy metal contamination in surface sediments from the Rybnik Reservoir . Chemosphere 51 : 723 – 733 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mann , K. H. , and J. R. Lazier . 2006 . Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems, 3rd ed. Oxford : Blackwell Publishing .
   Google Scholar
• Massart , D. L. , B. G. Vandeginste , D. Y. Michotte , and L. Kanfman . 1988 . Chemometrices: A text book . Amsterdam , The Netherland : Elsevier .
   Google Scholar
• Mielke , H. W. , C. R. Gonzales , M. K. Smith , and P. W. Mielke . 1999 . Quantities and associations of lead, zinc, cadmium, manganese, chromium, nickel, vanadium, and copper in fresh Mississippi delta alluvium and New Orleans alluvial soils . Sci. Total Environ. 246 : 249 – 259 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Moore , J. N. , E. J. Brook , and C. Johns . 1989. Grain size partitioning of metals in contaminated coarse-grained floodplain sediment, Clark Fork River, Montana. Environ. Geol. Water Res. 14: 107–115.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• National Institute of Statistic (INE) . 2011 . www.ine.es
   Google Scholar
• OSPAR Commision for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic 1997. Agreed ecotoxicological assessment criteria for metals, PCBs, PAHs, TBT and some organochlorine pesticides. OSPAR Commission, London. Meeting doc. OSPAR 97/15/1, Annex 6, pp. 2.
   Google Scholar
• Qu , W. , and P. Kelderman . 2001 . Heavy metal contents in the Delft canal sediments and suspended solids of the River Rhine: multivariate analysis for source tracing . Chemosphere 45 : 919 – 925 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ranero , C. R. , and E. Banda . 1992 . Geophysical study of the oceanic crust of Canary Basin (South-East Atlantic) . Acta Geol. Hisp. 27 : 51 – 77 .
   Google Scholar
• Sainz , A. , and F. Ruiz . 2006 . Influence of the very polluted inputs of the Tinto–Odiel system on the adjacent littoral sediments of southwestern Spain: A statistical approach . Chemosphere 62 : 1612 – 1622 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sakan , S. M. , D. S. Dordevic , D. D. Manojlovic , and P. S. Predrag . 2009 . Assessment of heavy metal pollutants accumulation in the Tisza river sediments . J. Environ. Manage. 90 : 3382 – 3390 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Silva , P. S. C. , S. R. Damatto , C. Maldonado , D. I. T. Fávaro , and B. P. Mazzilli . 2011 . Metal distribution in sediment cores from Sao Paulo State Coast, Brazil . Mar. Pollut. Bull. 62 : 1130 – 1139 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Simeonov , V. , D. L. Massart , G. Andreev , and S. Tsakovski . 2000 . Assessement of metal pollution based on multivariate statistical modelling of ‘hot spot’ sediment from the Black Sea . Chemosphere 41 : 1411 – 1417 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stanimirova , I. , S. Tsakovski , and I. Simeonov . 1999 . Multivariate statistical analysis of coastal sediment data . Fresenius J. Anal. Chem. 365 : 89 – 493 .
   Google Scholar
• Suresh , G. , V. Ramasamy , V. Meenakshisundaram , R. Venkatachlapathy , and V. Ponnusamy . 2011 . Influence of mineralogical and heavy metal composition on natural radionuclide concentration in the river sediments . Appl. Radiat. Isot. 69 : 1466 – 1474 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• USEPA – US Environmental Protection Agency . 1996 . Microwave assisted acid digestion of siliceous and organically based matrices. EPA Method 3052 Rev 0. Washington, DC: Office of Water.
   Google Scholar
• Vidinha , J. M. , F. Rocha , C. Patinha , E. Silva , and C. Andrade . 2006 . Heavy metals contents on beach and dune sediments from Espinho to Mondego Cape (Portugal)-influence of human activities . J. Geochem. Explor. 88 : 404 – 407 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar