Pollution status of the Bohai Sea: An overview of the environmental quality assessment related trace metals

Environment International

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-30

  Gao, Xuelu ^a,b   Zhou, Fengxia ^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

Bohai Sea; China; Environmental status; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DETERIORATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER; METALS; POLLUTION; SEWAGE;

BOHAI SEA; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS; PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTS; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; TRACE METAL;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

GROUND WATER; TRACE METAL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FRACTIONATION; MARINE POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACE METAL;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER STANDARD;

BOHAI SEA; CHINA; LIAODONG BAY; LIAONING; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84886244084     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.09.019     Document Type: Review

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