Bioavailability and toxicity of heavy metals in a heavily polluted river, in PRD, China

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-94

  Li, Feng ^a,b   Wen, Y M ^a   Zhu, P T ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiaying College   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AVS (acid volatile sulfide); Heavily polluted river sediments; SEM (simultaneously extracted metals); Toxicity

Indexed keywords

RIVER SEDIMENTS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; SULFIDE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHINA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; METALS, HEAVY; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 46249120650     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9386-9     Document Type: Article

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