Tungsten- and cobalt-dominated heavy metal contamination of mangrove sediments in Shenzhen, China

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 562-566

  Xu, Songjun ^a   Lin, Chuxia ^b   Qiu, Penghua ^a   Song, Yan ^a   Yang, Wenhuai ^a   Xu, Guanchang ^a   Feng, Xiaodan ^a   Yang, Qian ^a   Yang, Xiu ^a   Niu, Anyi ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Heavy metals; Mangrove; Sediment; Tungsten; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DEIONIZED WATER; HEAVY METALS; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; URBAN GROWTH; WETLANDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; LABORATORY SIMULATION; MANGROVE; MANGROVE SEDIMENTS; RAPID URBAN DEVELOPMENT; VERTICAL VARIATION;

SEDIMENTS;

ACETIC ACID; COBALT; DEIONIZED WATER; HEAVY METAL; NITRIC ACID; SEA WATER; SULFURIC ACID; TUNGSTEN; WATER POLLUTANT;

COBALT; HEAVY METAL; MANGROVE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TUNGSTEN; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CHINA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANGROVE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; WASTE WATER; WETLAND; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HONG KONG; PROCEDURES; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

CHINA; COBALT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HONG KONG; METALS, HEAVY; SEAWATER; TUNGSTEN; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84955208005     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.08.031     Document Type: Article

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