Distribution and behavior of trace metals in the sediment and porewater of a tropical coastal wetland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 327, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 295-314

  Man, Kwok Wai ^a   Zheng, Jinshu ^a   Leung, Amy P K ^b   Lam, Paul K S ^a   Lam, Michael Hon Wah ^a   Yen, Yu Fong ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Intertidal mudflat; Mai Po; Porewater; Trace metals; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; LEAD; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SEDIMENT POREWATER;

SEDIMENTATION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; TRACE METAL; WATER; ZINC;

COASTAL WETLAND; MUDFLAT; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE METAL; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; ECOLOGY; MANGROVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SAMPLING; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; TROPICS; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND; WINTER;

ACRYLIC RESINS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HONG KONG; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 2542588556     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.01.023     Document Type: Article

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