Baseline concentrations of ten metals in the freshwater sediments of a watershed in Taiwan

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1633-1647

  Hseu, Zeng Yei ^a   Chen, Zueng Sang ^b   Tsai, Chen Chi ^b   Tsui, Chun Chih ^b  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Baseline concentration; Freshwater sediment; Metal; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; INORGANIC ACIDS; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATERSHEDS;

FRESHWATER SEDIMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; INORGANIC ACID; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0036402160     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ESE-120015426     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Chapman, P.M. Current Approaches to Developing Sediment Quality Criteria. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 1998, 8, 589-599.
2. Adams, W.J.; Kimerle, R.A.; Barnett, J.W., Jr. Sediment Quality and Aquatic Life Assessment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1992, 26(10), 1864-1875.
3. Chen, Z.S. Cadmium and Lead Contamination of Soils Near Plastic Stabilizing Materials Producing Plants in Northern Taiwan. Water, Air, Soil Pollu. 1991, 57-58, 745-754.
4. Rowlatt, S.M.; Lovell, D.R. Lead, Zinc, and Chromium in Sediments Around England and Wales. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 1994, 28(5), 324-329.
5. Awadallah, R.M.; Soltan, M.E.; Rashed, M.N. Relationship Between Heavy Metals in Mud Sediments and Beach Soil of the River Nile. Environ. Internat. 1996, 22(2), 253-258.
6. Donoghue, J.F.; Ragland, P.C.; Chen, Z.Q.; Trimble, C. Standardization of Metal Concentrations in Sediments Using Regression Residual: An Example from a Large Lake in Florida, USA. Environ. Geol. 1998, 36(1-2), 65-76.
7. Ginn, T.C.; Pastorok, R.A. Assessment and Management of Contaminated Sediments in Puget Sound. In Sediment Toxicity Assessment; Burton, G.A. Jr., Ed.; Lewis Publisher: Boca Raton, 1992; 371-401.
8. Kabata-Pendias, A.; Dudka, S.; Chlopecha, A. Background Levels and Environmental Influences on Trace Metals in Soils of the Temperate Humid Zone of Europe. In Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements; Adriano, D.C., Ed.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, 1992; 61-84.
9. Soil Survey Staff. Soil Taxonomy: A Basic System of Soil Classification for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys; Agricultural handbook No. 436; USDA-NRCS, U.S. Gov. Print. Office: Washington, D.C., 1999.
10. Baker, D.E.; Amacher, M.C. Nickel, Copper, Zinc and Cadmium. In Methods of Soil Analysis: Part 2 - Chemical and Microbiological Properties, 2nd Ed.; Page, A.L., Miller, R.H., Keeney, D.R., Eds.; Agronomy Society of America and Soil Science Society of America: Madison, 1982; 323-336.
11. Stewart, J.W.B.; Bettany, J.R. Mercury. In Methods of Soil Analysis. Part 2, 2nd Ed.; Page, A.L. et al., Eds.; Agron. Monogr. 9. ASA and SSSA: Madison, 1982;367-384.
12. Ganje, T.J.; Rains, D.W. Arsenic. In Methods of Soil Analysis: Part 2 -Chemical and Microbiological Properties, 2nd Ed.; Page, A.L., Miller, R.H., Keeney, D.R., Eds.; Agronomy Society of America and Soil Science Society of America: Madison, 1982; 385-402.
13. Reisenauer, H.M. Chromium. In Methods of Soil Analysis: Part 2 - Chemical and Microbiological Properties, 2nd Ed.; Page, A.L., Miller, R.H., Keeney, D.R., Eds.; Agronomy Society of America and Soil Science Society of America: Madison, 1982; 337-346.
14. Burau, R.E. Lead. In Methods of Soil Analysis: Part 2 - Chemical and Microbiological Properties, 2nd Ed.; Page, A.L., Miller, R.H., Keeney, D.R., Eds.; Agronomy Society of America and Soil Science Society of America: Madison, 1982; 347-366.
15. Gee, G.; Bauder, J.W. Particle Size Analysis. In Methods of Soil Analysis: Part 1 - Physical and Mineralogical Methods, 2nd Ed.; Klute, A., Ed.; Agronomy Society of America and Soil Science Society of America: Madison, 1986; 383-411.
16. McLean, E.O. Soil pH and Lime Requirement. In Methods of Soil Analysis: Part 2 - Chemical and Microbiological Properties, 2nd Ed.; Page, A.L., Miller, R.H., Keeney, D.R., Eds.; Agronomy Society of America and Soil Science Society of America: Madison, 1982; 199-224.
17. Nelson, D.W.; Sommers, L.E. Total Carbon, Organic Carbon, and Organic Matter. In Methods of Soil Analysis: Part 2 - Chemical and Microbiological Properties, 2nd Ed.; Page, A.L., Miller, R.H., Keeney, D.R., Eds.; Agronomy Society of America and Soil Science Society of America: Madison, 1982;539-577.
18. Ma, L.O.; Tan, F.; Harris, W.G. Concentrations and Distributions of Eleven Metals in Florida Soils. J. Environ. Qual. 1997, 26(3), 769-775.
19. Chen, M.; Ma, L.Q.; Harris, W.G. Baseline Concentrations of 15 Trace Elements in Florida Surface Soils. J. Environ. Qual. 1999, 28(6), 1173-1181.
20. SAS Institute, Inc. "SAS/STAT User's Guide"; SAS Institute, Inc.: Cary, NC, 1988.
21. Soon, Y.K.; Abboud, S. Trace Elements in Agricultural Soils of Northwestern Alberta. Can. J. Soil Sci. 1990, 70, 277-288.
22. Gough, L.P.; Severson, R.C.; Jackson, L.L. Baseline Element Concentrations in Soils and Plants, Bull Island, Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina, U.S.A. Water Air Soil Pollu. 1994, 74, 1-17.
23. Holmgren, G.G.S.; Meyer, M.W.; Chaney, R.L. Cadmium, Pb, Zn, and Ni in Agricultural Soils of the United States of America. J. Environ. Qual. 1993, 22, 335-348.
24. Chen, Z.S. The Management of Contaminated Soil Remediation Programmes. Land Contam. Reclaim. 1998, 6, 223-237.
25. Chen, Z.S.; Lee, L.C.; Liu, J.C. The Effects of Chemical Remediation Treatments on the Extractability and Speciation of Cadmium and Lead in Contaminated Soils. Chemosphere 2000, 41, 235-242.
26. Horowitz, A.J.; Elrick, K.A.; Demas, C.R.; Demcheck, D.K. The Use of Sediment-Trace Element Geochemical Models for the Identification of Local Fluvial Baseline Concentrations. In Sediment and Stream Water Quality in a Changing Environment: Trends and Explanation, Proceedings of Symposia of the 20th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics in Vienna, Austria, 11-24 August 1991; Peters, N.E., Walling, D.E., Eds.; IAHS Publ. No. 203.: Oxfordshire, UK, 1991; 339-348.
27. Hsu, Y.P.; Liu, Y.H. An Investigation of Water Environment and Water Quality in the Estuary Area of Ta-Du Stream. J. Taiwan Water Conserv. 1993, 41(1), 1-17 (in Chinese).
28. Yu, K.C.; Ho, S.T.; Chang, J.K.; Lai, S.D. Multivariate Correlation of Water Quality, Sediment and Benthic Bio-Community Components in Ell-Ren River System, Taiwan. Water Air Soil Pollut. 1995, 84, 31-49.
29. Duzzin, B.; Pavoni, B.; Donazzolo, R. Macroinvertebrate Communities and Sediments as Pollution Indicators for Heavy Metals in the River Adige (Italy). Water Res. 1988, 22(11), 1353-1363.