Ecological risk assessment of arsenic and metals in sediments of coastal areas of northern Bohai and yellow Seas, China

Ambio

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 367-375

  Luo, Wei ^a   Lu, Yonglong ^a   Wang, Tieyu ^a   Hu, Wenyou ^a   Jiao, Wentao ^a   Naile, Jonathan E ^b   Khim, Jong Seong ^c   Giesy, John P ^b,d,e  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Arsenic and metals; Contamination; Ecological risk assessment; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BACKGROUND LEVEL; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TRACE METAL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84755161682     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-010-0077-5     Document Type: Article

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