Contamination assessment of arsenic and heavy metals in a typical abandoned estuary wetland—a case study of the Yellow River Delta Natural Reserve

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 7211-7232

  Xie, Zhenglei ^a   Sun, Zhigao ^b   Zhang, Hua ^a   Zhai, Jun ^c  

^a JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Abandoned estuary; Contamination assessment; Trace element; Vertical distribution; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; ESTUARIES; LAND USE; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MARINE POLLUTION; METAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; QUALITY CONTROL; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WETLANDS; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WETLAND RESTORATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; ZINC; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION LOAD INDEX; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA NATURE RESERVE;

AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; METALS, HEAVY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84910023422     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3922-3     Document Type: Article

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