Dominant environmental factors influencing soil metal concentrations of Poyang Lake wetland, China: Soil property, topography, plant species and wetland type

• Published in: Catena (Giessen) Vol. 207; p. 105601
• Main Authors: Xu, Jinying, Wang, Xiaolong, Wang, Jingbo, Xu, Ligang, Zheng, Xiongwei, Zhang, Yuanpei, Hu, Chunhua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Artemisia; catenas; China; Heavy metals in soil; Influence of environmental factors; lakes; landscapes; Phalaris; pollution; Poyang Lake; soil properties; statistical analysis; variance; Wetland; wetland soils; wetlands; China; Influence of environmental factors; Wetland; Heavy metals in soil; Poyang Lake

•TN, TP, NO3−-N, PO43−-P and TOC played a dominant role in soil metal concentrations.•Lower elevations favored soil metal accumulation.•Artemisia and Phalaris benefited some metals accumulated in wetland soil.•Wetland type with low flat terrain benefited wetland soil metal accumulation. Although an...