Spatial distribution, contamination and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in surface sediments of Erhai Lake, a large eutrophic plateau lake in southwest China

Catena

Volumn 145, Issue , 2016, Pages 193-203

  Lin, Qi ^a,b   Liu, Enfeng ^a   Zhang, Enlou ^a   Li, Kai ^a,b   Shen, Ji ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Contamination and eco risk; Enrichment factor; Heavy metal; Potential ecological risk index; Principal component analysis; Sediment quality guidelines

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; GRAIN SIZE; GUIDELINE; HEAVY METAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; ERHAI LAKE; YUNNAN;

EID: 84973463324     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.06.003     Document Type: Article

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