Analyzing trophic transfer of heavy metals for food webs in the newly-formed wetlands of the Yellow River Delta, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1297-1306

  Cui, Baoshan ^a   Zhang, Qijun ^a   Zhang, Kejiang ^b   Liu, Xinhui ^a   Zhang, Honggang ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic organisms; Heavy metals; Isotopes analysis; Trophic level; Yellow River Delta

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOMAGNIFICATION; FOOD WEBS; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; PEARL RIVER DELTA; STABLE CARBON; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC TRANSFER; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOLOGY; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ECOLOGY; HEAVY WATER; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WETLANDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC ACID; CADMIUM; CARBON 13; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; NITROGEN 15; ZINC;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD WEB; HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEABIRD; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD WEB; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; WETLANDS;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

AVES;

EID: 79954415768     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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