Water quality and the assessment of anthropogenic pollution in the sediments of the Elbe River oxbow lakes

Abstract

This research is focused on asseessing the water and sediment quality in oxbow lakes Vrť and Lake Kozelská in the middle course of the Elbe River. This work includes water sampling to analyse chemical and physical parameters of water, alanalyses of zooplankton in water and also sediment sampling to determine concentration of heavy metals and As in the sediments.

Keywords

• water quality
• subaquatic sediment
• the Elbe River
• oxbow lakes