1. Selected elements in surface waters of Antarctica and their relations with the natural environment
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Arkadiusz Nędzarek, Agnieszka Tórz, and Arkadiusz Drost
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Antarctic surface waters ,total and dissolved elements ,baseline elements values ,anthropogenic metal contamination ,Environmental sciences ,GE1-350 ,Oceanography ,GC1-1581 - Abstract
The aim of the study was to specify the concentration of selected chemical elements in surface waters of King George Island, off the western coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The research encompassed six streams, a lake and an artificial water reservoir located on the western coast of Admiralty Bay. Measured hydrochemical parameters included pH, conductivity, total dissolved solids (TDS), and total and dissolved forms elements such as Al, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, Mn, Fe, As and Se. The values of pH, conductivity and TDS had the following ranges: 6.09–8.21, 6.0–875 µS cm−1 and 7.0–975 mg/L, respectively, and were typical for surface waters of Antarctica. Wide disparities were discovered regarding concentrations of the investigated elements, ranging from
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- 2014
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