Mobility and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in surface sediments of Xiamen Bay and its adjacent areas, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1469-1479

  Yan, Changzhou ^a   Li, Qingzhao ^a,b,c   Zhang, Xian ^a   Li, Guoxin ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Mean effects range median quotients (mERMQ); Risk assessment code (RAC); Surface sediment; Xiamen Bay; Yuandang Lagoon

Indexed keywords

BCR SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; BOTTOM SURFACES; CARBONATE FRACTION; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; ICP-OES; METAL CONTAMINANTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; RANGE MEDIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT CODE; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SPATIAL CHANGES; SURFACE SEDIMENT; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

CADMIUM; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; CHROMIUM; ECOLOGY; LAKES; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METAL RECOVERY; METALS; POSITIVE IONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WASTEWATER; ZINC;

COPPER;

AMPHIPOD; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COASTAL LAGOON; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXIC MATERIAL; WASTEWATER;

CHINA; FUJIAN; XIAMEN BAY; YUANDANG LAGOON;

EID: 77953640885     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0282-3     Document Type: Article

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