title: Metals of the bottom muds in Townsville Harbor, Australia.
abstract: Samples of Townsville Harbor bottom mud were acid leached (0.3 m HCl) to measure bioavailability of Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sn and Zn. Three of seven samples showed enrichment factors relative to average soil of 25-30 for Cd, 5-71 for Cu, 21-81 for Pb, and 13-37 for Zn. The other four samples were only high in Cd, Pb, and Zn by an enrichment factor of 2-7. Considering that this harbor is in the middle of the environmentally sensitive Great Barrier Reef area, the disposal of the dredged harbor muds poses a special problem.
authors.affiliation: College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gibbs