Assessment of heavy metal impact on sediment quality of the Xiaoqinghe estuary in the coastal Laizhou Bay, Bohai Sea: Inconsistency between two commonly used criteria

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 352-357

  Zhuang, Wen ^a,b,c   Gao, Xuelu ^a  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b ZAOZHUANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Coastal zone; Environmental surveys; Geochemistry; Marine pollution; Sediment analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM METALLOGRAPHY; COASTAL ZONES; COPPER METALLOGRAPHY; ESTUARIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; LEAD; LEAD METALLOGRAPHY; MARINE POLLUTION; METAL IONS; NICKEL METALLOGRAPHY; RIVER POLLUTION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; ZINC METALLOGRAPHY;

ACID VOLATILE SULFIDES; CHINA; CONCENTRATION RATIO; ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEYS; INSOLUBLE SUBSTANCES; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; SULFIDE; ZINC; HEAVY METAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOAVAILABILITY; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; OPEN WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; BAY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

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

BAYS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84902104169     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.03.039     Document Type: Article

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