Heavy metal contamination in a vulnerable mangrove swamp in South China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 5775-5787

  Wang, Yutao ^a,b   Qiu, Qiu ^c   Xin, Guorong ^a   Yang, Zhongyi ^a   Zheng, Jing ^a   Ye, Zhihong ^a   Li, Shaoshan ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guangzhou Water Quality Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Heavy metal; Mangrove; Tree age

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; GROWTH PERFORMANCE; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; MANGROVE; MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS; METAL CONTAMINATION; TREE AGE;

CADMIUM; ECOSYSTEMS; HEAVY METALS; HISTOLOGY; LEAD; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TISSUE; ZINC;

COPPER;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; HEAVY METAL; MANGROVE; PLANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEEDLING; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BRUGUIERA GYMNORHIZA; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT ROOT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROPAGULE; SEDIMENT; SEEDLING; SWAMP; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

CHINA; FUTIAN NATURE RESERVE; GUANGDONG;

BRUGUIERA GYMNORHIZA;

EID: 84878683195     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2983-4     Document Type: Article

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