Heavy metal distribution and water quality characterization of water bodies in Louisiana’s Lake Pontchartrain Basin, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 188, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Zengqiang ^a   Wang, Jim J ^b   Ali, Amjad ^a   DeLaune, Ronald D ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anions; Heavy metals; Lake Pontchartrain; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; HEAVY METALS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IONS; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); NEGATIVE IONS; NICKEL; PH; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; STANDARDS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; ZINC;

ANION CONCENTRATIONS; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; METAL DISTRIBUTIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REGULATORY STANDARDS; TOXICITY REFERENCE VALUES; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANION; BROMIDE ION; CADMIUM; CHLORIDE ION; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLUORIDE ION; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; RIVER WATER; SULFATE; ZINC; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; HEAVY METAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTIONATION; LAKE; LOUISIANA; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKES; LOUISIANA; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84991829530     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5639-y     Document Type: Article

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