Pollution assessment and source identifications of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments of the Yellow River Delta, a newly born wetland in China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 158, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 561-571

  Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Wang, Lili ^a   Niu, Junfeng ^a   Wang, Jingyi ^a   Shen, Zhenyao ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Distribution; Ecological risk assessment; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Principal component analysis (PCA) with multiple linear regression (MLR); Yellow River Delta

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; BIOMASS COMBUSTION; DIESEL EMISSION; DISTRIBUTION; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; MEAN VALUES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PETROGENIC; POLLUTION ASSESSMENT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; PROBABILITY RISK ASSESSMENT; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; ECOLOGY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LINEAR REGRESSION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXHAUST GAS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

EID: 72449131092     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0603-0     Document Type: Article

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