Trace metal contamination in estuarine and coastal environments in China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 421-422, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-16

  Pan, Ke ^a   Wang, Wen Xiong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bivalves; China; Fish; Metal pollution; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIVALVES; CHINA; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL POLLUTION; DOMESTIC SEWAGE; E-WASTES; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ELEVATED LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIVALVES; MARINE ORGANISMS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINATION; METAL CONTENT; METAL LEVELS; METAL POLLUTION; RAPID GROWTH; SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION; TRACE METAL CONTAMINATIONS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ECONOMICS; FISH; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; METALS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; WATER ANALYSIS;

SMELTING;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOMESTIC WASTE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; TRACE METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTUARY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MARINE SPECIES; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA FOOD; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CHINA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 79960079768     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.03.013     Document Type: Review

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