Assessment of nutrients and heavy metals enrichment in surface sediments from Taihu Lake, a eutrophic shallow lake in China

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-81

  Yuan, He Zhong ^a,b   Shen, Ji ^a   Liu, En Feng ^a   Wang, Jian Jun ^a   Meng, Xiang Hua ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Multivariate analysis; Nutrients; Sediments; Taihu Lake

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

EUTROPHICATION; HEAVY METAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

EID: 79951809423     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-010-9323-9     Document Type: Article

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