Heavy metals in an impacted wetland system: A typical case from southwestern China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 387, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 257-268

  Bi, Xiangyang ^a,b   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Yang, Yuangen ^a   Li, Xiangdong ^c   Sin, Grace P Y ^c   Qiu, Guangle ^a   Qian, Xiaoli ^a,d   Li, Feili ^a,e   He, Tianrong ^a,b   Li, Ping ^a,b   Liu, Taoze ^a,b   Fu, Zhiyou ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquatic plant; Caohai wetland; China; Heavy metals; Pb isotopes; Sediments; Zinc smelting

Indexed keywords

CHINA; ECOSYSTEMS; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS; ZINC SMELTING;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; AQUATIC PLANTS; PB ISOTOPES;

HEAVY METALS;

CADMIUM; GASOLINE; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUATIC PLANT; HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; NATURE RESERVE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SMELTING; WETLAND;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; FRACTIONATION; OXIDATION; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; METALS, HEAVY; PLANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU; HEZHANG;

EID: 36649026699     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.07.059     Document Type: Article

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