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- Title
Heavy metal pollution and assessment of the tidal flat sediments near the coastal sewage outfalls of shanghai, China.
- Authors
Huan-Guang Deng; Ju Zhang; Dong-Qi Wang; Zhen-Lou Chen; Shi-Yuan Xu
- Abstract
Zn, Cu, Cr and Pb concentrations of the sediment collected from three tidal flat sites of Yangtze estuary were investigated in October 2003. Results showed that the average concentrations of heavy metals in the sediments were two to three times to the environment background values of Yangtze estuary tidal flat sediment. The heavy metal concentrations in the sediments near the Bailonggang (BLG) and Laogang (LG) sewage outfalls were obviously higher than those of Chaoyang (CY) tidal flat where there are no sewage outfalls near the coast. And the concentrations of heavy metals in the surface sediments of LG tidal flat decreased with the increasing of the distance to the sewage outfalls. The heavy metal concentration profile in the sediment core changed with the depth, and generally reached maximum values at the depth of plant roots. The assessment results showed that the sediments of LG, BLG and CY tidal flat had been polluted by heavy metals in different level. The pollution degree of heavy metals in the sediments was as follows: Zn > Cu > Pb > Cr. The potential ecological risks of the four heavy metals in three tidal flat sites sediment were all at a middle level, and Cu and Pb made the main contributions. The adverse ecological effects caused by the four heavy metals did not occur frequently.
- Subjects
SHANGHAI (China); CHINA; HEAVY metal toxicology; TIDAL flats; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE
- Publication
Environmental Earth Sciences, 2010, Vol 60, Issue 1, p57
- ISSN
1866-6280
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12665-009-0169-3