Heavy metal pollution recorded in Porites corals from Daya Bay, northern South China Sea

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 318-326

  Chen, Tian Ran ^a   Yu, Ke Fu ^a,b   Li, Shu ^a   Price, Gilbert J ^b   Shi, Qi ^a   Wei, Gang Jian ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal zone; Daya bay; Heavy metals; Pollution monitoring; Porites corals; South China sea

Indexed keywords

DAYA BAY; HEAVY METALS POLLUTION; PORITES; PORITES CORALS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

CALCIUM; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; HEAVY METALS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; POLLUTION; SEWAGE; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CALCIUM; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; ZINC; WATER POLLUTANT;

COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTION METHOD; CORAL; HEAVY METAL; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TREND ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PORITES; SEA POLLUTION; SEWAGE; TREND STUDY; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CHEMISTRY; SEA; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; DAYA BAY; GUANGDONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES;

EID: 77955270547     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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