Occasional Publications of the Marine Biological Association No. 19

The Severn Estuary: Sediments, contaminants and biota

[Added December 2007]

Full reference:
Langston, W.J., Chesman, B.S., Burt, G.R., Campbell, M., Manning, A. and Jonas, P.J.C. (2007). The Severn Estuary: Sediments, contaminants and biota. Occasional Publications. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (19) x,176p.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report about the Severn Estuary provides an up to date appraisal of the following issues:

• Transport and fate of sediments
• Transport, fate and trends in contaminants
• Bioavailability of contaminants
• Consequences for biota
• and pinpoints the major knowledge gaps.

For further details please contact Bill Langston (email wjl@mba.ac.uk)