Heavy metal pollution and assessment of the tidal flat sediments near the coastal sewage outfalls of shanghai, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-63

  Deng, Huan Guang ^a   Zhang, Ju ^a   Wang, Dong Qi ^b   Chen, Zhen Lou ^b   Xu, Shi Yuan ^b  

^a LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment; China; Coastal sewage outfalls; Heavy metal pollution; Sediment; Shanghai

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BACKGROUND VALUE; CHINA; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; MAXIMUM VALUES; PB CONCENTRATION; PLANT ROOTS; POLLUTION DEGREE; POTENTIAL ECOLOGICAL RISK; SEDIMENT CORE; SEWAGE OUTFALL; SHANGHAI , CHINA; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TIDAL FLAT; TIDAL FLAT SEDIMENT; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEAD; METALS; OUTFALLS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; TIDES; WETLANDS; ZINC;

COPPER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE OUTFALL; TIDAL FLAT;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 77954036622     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0169-3     Document Type: Article

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