Regional multi-compartment ecological risk assessment: Establishing cadmium pollution risk in the northern Bohai Rim, China

Environment International

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 283-291

  Shi, Yajuan ^a   Wang, Ruoshi ^a,b   Lu, Yonglong ^a   Song, Shuai ^a   Johnson, Andrew C ^c   Sweetman, Andrew ^c,d   Jones, Kevin ^d  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal region; Ecological indicators; Ecological risk; Heavy metal; Multi compartments pollution; Regional risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ECOSYSTEMS; HEAVY METALS; MARINE POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL REGIONS; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; REGIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CADMIUM; RIVER WATER; SEA WATER;

BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; CADMIUM; COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WILDLIFE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SOIL;

BOHAI RIM; CHINA; HULUDAO; LIAONING; TIANJIN;

CADMIUM; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SOIL;

EID: 84989915529     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.05.024     Document Type: Article

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