The nutrient, total petroleum hydrocarbon and heavy metal contents in the seawater of Bohai Bay, China: Temporal-spatial variations, sources, pollution statuses, and ecological risks

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 445-451

  Peng, Shitao ^a  

^a Tianjin Research Institute for Water Transport Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

Bohai Bay; Ecological risk; Heavy metals; Nutrients; Pollution status; Total petroleum hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; ECOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; HEAVY METALS; HYDROCARBONS; LEAD; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NUTRIENTS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; SEAWATER; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BOHAI BAY; CD CONCENTRATIONS; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; ZINC; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; EUTROPHICATION; HEAVY METAL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BAY; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RISK; SEDIMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTION;

BOHAI BAY; CHINA;

BAYS; CHINA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; PETROLEUM; RISK; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84930571549     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.03.032     Document Type: Article

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