Trace metal pollution in the Scheldt estuary - a statistical approach to estimate the metal partitioning coefficient for a suite of metals

Trace metals appear in estuarine systems in two forms: dissolved and particulate. <br/>Describing the partitioning between these two forms is done by a coefficient, K_d, which relies on a number of environmental parameters, such as the salinity of the water and the seasonally dependent biological activity. Although this coefficient is known to...