Characterization of heavy metals in water and sediments in Taihu Lake, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4367-4382

  Tao, Yu ^a   Zhang, Yuan ^a   Meng, Wei ^a   Hu, Xiaona ^a  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Distribution; Heavy metals; Quality assessment; Sediment; Taihu; Water phase

Indexed keywords

ALL METAL; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; DISTRIBUTION; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTERSTITIAL WATER; LAKE AREAS; LAKE WATERS; METAL CONTENT; METAL ELEMENTS; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT PROFILES; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TAIHU; TAIHU LAKE , CHINA; TAIHU LAKES; WATER COLUMNS; WATER PHASE; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; LAKES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METALS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIN; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

SEDIMENTS;

ANTIMONY; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LAKE WATER; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; RIVER WATER; TIN; ZINC;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HEAVY METAL; LAKE POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; RIVER; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; METALS, HEAVY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

EID: 84864834706     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2270-9     Document Type: Article

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