Distribution and pollution, toxicity and risk assessment of heavy metals in sediments from urban and rural rivers of the Pearl River delta in southern China

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1564-1575

  Xiao, Rong ^a,b   Bai, Junhong ^a   Huang, Laibin ^a   Zhang, Honggang ^a   Cui, Baoshan ^a   Liu, Xinhui ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological risk index; Heavy metals; Pollution index; River sediment; Top enrichment factor; Toxic unit

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

CHROMIUM; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; RURAL AREA; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SOIL QUALITY; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84888868968     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-013-1142-1     Document Type: Article

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