caa a22 4500 46579260X CHVBK 20180323112029.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900901xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/1351913 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.2307/1351913 Interpretation of metal concentrations in estuarine sediments of Florida using aluminum as a reference element [Elektronische Daten] [Steven Schropp, F. Graham Lewis, Herbert Windom, Joe Ryan, Fred Calder, Louis Burney] Metal contamination of estuarine sediments is an increasing problem in Florida and elsewhere as urbanization extends into previously undeveloped areas. Effective estuarine management practices require scientifically valid tools to assess the extent of estuarine contamination. Interpretation of anthropogenic metal contributions has been hampered by the fact that natural metal concentrations in sediments vary by orders of magnitude in different sediments. Normalization of metal concentrations to a reference element, aluminum, appears to be a promising method for comparing estuarine sediment metal concentrations on a regional basis. In this paper we describe an interpretive method based on the relationship between sediment metals and aluminum derived from statewide data on natural estuarine sediments in Florida. We show how the method can be used to interpret metal concentrations with an example using data from the Miami River and Biscayne Bay. Estuarine Research Federation, 1990 Schropp Steven Florida Department of Environmental Regulation 2600 Blair Stone Road, 32399-2400, Tallahassee, Florida aut Graham Lewis F. Dames & Moore, 1211 Governor's Square, Suite 300, 32301, Tallahassee, Florida aut Windom Herbert Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, P. O. Box 13687, 31416, Savannah, Georgia aut Ryan Joe Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, 2600 Blair Stone Road, 32399-2400, Tallahassee, Florida aut Calder Fred Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, 2600 Blair Stone Road, 32399-2400, Tallahassee, Florida aut Burney Louis Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, 2600 Blair Stone Road, 32399-2400, Tallahassee, Florida aut Estuaries Springer-Verlag 13/3(1990-09-01), 227-235 0160-8347 13:3<227 1990 13 12237 https://doi.org/10.2307/1351913 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/1351913 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schropp Steven Florida Department of Environmental Regulation 2600 Blair Stone Road, 32399-2400, Tallahassee, Florida aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Graham Lewis F. Dames & Moore, 1211 Governor's Square, Suite 300, 32301, Tallahassee, Florida aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Windom Herbert Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, P. O. Box 13687, 31416, Savannah, Georgia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ryan Joe Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, 2600 Blair Stone Road, 32399-2400, Tallahassee, Florida aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Calder Fred Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, 2600 Blair Stone Road, 32399-2400, Tallahassee, Florida aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Burney Louis Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, 2600 Blair Stone Road, 32399-2400, Tallahassee, Florida aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Estuaries Springer-Verlag 13/3(1990-09-01), 227-235 0160-8347 13:3<227 1990 13 12237 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer