Assessment of sediment quality in two important areas of mariculture in the Bohai Sea and the northern Yellow Sea based on acid-volatile sulfide and simultaneously extracted metal results

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 281-288

  Gao, Xuelu ^a,b   Li, Peimiao ^a,c   Chen, Chen Tung Arthur ^b  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulfide; China; Mariculture area; Mobility; Sediment geochemistry; Toxic trace metals

Indexed keywords

ACID-VOLATILE SULFIDE; CHINA; MARICULTURE AREA; SEDIMENT GEOCHEMISTRIES; TOXIC TRACE METALS;

CARRIER MOBILITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFIDE; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MARICULTURE; MARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER CONTENT;

ACIDIFICATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARICULTURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RIVER; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY;

AQUACULTURE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BOHAI SEA; CHINA; LAIZHOU BAY; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84879881271     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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