Spatial distribution and ecotoxicological risk assessment of heavy metals in surface sediments of the southern Bohai Bay, China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4099-4110

  Hu, Bangqi ^a,b   Li, Guogang ^c,d   Li, Jun ^a   Bi, Jianqiang ^c,d   Zhao, Jingtao ^a   Bu, Ruyuan ^c,d  

^a QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environment and Disaster Prevention and Mit   (China)

^d Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Bohai Bay; Heavy metal contamination; Multivariate statistics; Sediment quality guidelines

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GEOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; BAY; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BAYS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; METALS, HEAVY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BOHAI BAY; CHINA;

EID: 84878114931     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1332-z     Document Type: Article

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