Use of the sediment quality triad to assess metal contamination in freshwater superficial sediments from the Le An River, China

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 227-239

  Liu, Wenxin ^a   Luan, Zhaokun ^a   Tang, Hongxiao ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Le An River; Metals; Sediment quality triad

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER POLLUTION; RATIO-TO-REFERENCE (RTR) SCALE;

ACIDITY; COPPER; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DREDGING; LEAD; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER; METAL;

HEAVY METAL; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CHINA; MINING; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHINA;

INVERTEBRATA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0032774562     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005091504586     Document Type: Article

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