Anthropogenic impacts on reduced inorganic sulfur and heavy metals in coastal surface sediments, north Yellow Sea

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1367-1374

  Sheng, Yanqing ^a   Sun, Qiyao ^a   Bottrell, Simon H ^b   Mortimer, Robert J G ^b   Shi, Wenjing ^a  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Estuary; Heavy metal; Inorganic sulfur; Marine aquaculture area; Sediment; Wastewater discharge area

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; ESTUARIES; HEAVY METALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ACID-VOLATILE SULFURS; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; CHINA; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; MARINE AQUACULTURE; NON-RESIDUAL FRACTIONS; SUPERFICIAL SEDIMENTS; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE;

POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAGENESIS; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84874110425     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1835-4     Document Type: Article

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