Concentration, risk assessment, and source identification of heavy metals in surface sediments in Yinghai: A shellfish cultivation zone in Jiaozhou Bay, China

• Published in: Marine pollution bulletin Vol. 121; no. 1-2; pp. 216 - 221
• Main Authors: Liu, Xiaomeng, Zhang, Lei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 15.08.2017; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: arsenic; Bays; Cadmium; China; Chromium; coal; combustion; Concentration; Contamination; Copper; Cultivation; Ecological effects; Environmental Monitoring; Geologic Sediments; Heavy metals; Industrial pollution; Lead; Manganese; Mercury; Metals, Heavy - analysis; Pollutant source; Pollutants; Pollution; principal component analysis; Principal components analysis; risk; Risk Assessment; Sediments; Shellfish; Shellfish cultivation; traffic; Water Pollutants, Chemical; Zinc; China; Concentration; Shellfish cultivation; Risk assessment; Heavy metals; Pollutant source

To identify the affection of shellfish cultivation on sediment conditions in Yinghai shellfish cultivation zone in Jiaozhou Bay, the concentration, sources, and the potential ecological risk of heavy metals was identified. Results show the range of Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Cr, Hg, As and Mn are 10.15–29.98,...