Sediment pollution and accumulation in harbours are major environmental issues, and studies that advance their solutions are essential for harbour sustainability. Sediments in the Tema Harbour (Ghana) provides the first comprehensive assessment of chemical pollution in sediments and sediment accumulation rates in the tropical Tema Harbour (Ghana).

This book contributes to improving our ability to use an integrated approach involving sediment chemistry and bioassays in one comprehensive assessment of the contamination state of a tropical coastal environment.

Whole-sediment toxicity bioassays using the amphipod Corophium volutator and the polychaete Hediste diversicolor as bioindicators were combined with data on concentrations of total metal and metal binding forms, radionuclides, organochlorine pesticides, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in bottom sediments. Additionally, total metal concentrations in settling silt-clay particles collected by sediment traps were analysed to characterise the hazard, risk, and impact of sediments from the tropical coastal Tema Harbour.