Spatial and temporal organic and heavy metal pollution at Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong

Chemosphere

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1647-1658

  Liang, Y ^a   Wong, M H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biological conservation; Heavy metals; Organic pollution; RAMSAR site; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CLIMATOLOGY; CONSERVATION; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION; METAL POLLUTANTS; ORGANIC POLLUTION; RAMSAR SITE;

WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CARBON; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; ZINC; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; DREDGING; FLOODING; HONG KONG; PH; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; MAI PO MARSHES; NEW TERRITORIES; WORLD;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HONG KONG; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS, HEAVY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0642375268     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00505-8     Document Type: Article

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