Spatio-temporal variation of heavy metals in fresh water after dam construction: A case study of the Manwan Reservoir, Lancang River

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4253-4266

  Zhao, Qinghe ^a   Liu, Shiliang ^a   Deng, Li ^a   Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Dong, Shikui ^a   Wang, Cong ^a   Zhang, Zhaoling ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dam construction; Heavy metals; Manwan Reservoir; Spatiotemporal variation

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION EFFECTS; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; FRESH WATER; HIGH FLOW; LANCANG RIVER; MANWAN RESERVOIR; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL METHOD; PEARSON CORRELATION; RECOMMENDED VALUES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOTAL VARIANCE; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

COPPER; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MANGANESE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

RIVER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAM CONSTRUCTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RESERVOIR; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHINA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; METAL EXTRACTION; METAL METABOLISM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; MANWAN DAM; MEKONG RIVER; YUNNAN;

EID: 84864857954     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2260-y     Document Type: Article

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