Tracking anthropogenic influences on the continental shelf of China with sedimentary linear alkylbenzenes (LABs)

• Published in: Marine pollution bulletin Vol. 80; no. 1-2; pp. 80 - 87
• Main Authors: Wei, Gao-Ling, Liu, Liang-Ying, Bao, Lian-Jun, Zeng, Eddy Y.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 15.03.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; anthropogenic activities; Applied ecology; Applied sciences; Atmospheric transport; Benzene - analysis; Biological and medical sciences; China; coasts; continental shelf; Continental shelf of China; East China Sea; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Environmental Monitoring; Exact sciences and technology; Exploitation and management of natural biological resources (hunting, fishing and exploited populations survey, etc.); fishing boats; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Geologic Sediments - chemistry; Marine and brackish environment; marine environment; Marine fishing activity; municipal wastewater; Oceans and Seas; Pollution; Riverine input; Sea water ecosystems; Sediment linear alkylbenzenes; sediments; sewage; Sewage - analysis; Sewage - statistics & numerical data; Sewage pollution; South China Sea; Synecology; Waste Water - analysis; Waste Water - statistics & numerical data; Wastewaters; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; water pollution; Water Pollution, Chemical - statistics & numerical data; Water treatment and pollution; Yellow Sea; Asia; China; INW, Huanghai Sea; ISEW, South China Sea; INW, Donghai Sea; South China Sea; East China Sea; Yellow Sea; Sediment linear alkylbenzenes; Riverine input; Continental shelf of China; Atmospheric transport; Marine fishing activity; Sewage pollution; Tracking; Continental shelf; Fishing; Sediments; Waste water; Marine environment; Pollution; Transport; Anthropogenic factor

•The entire continental shelf off China was subject to light sewage pollution.•Sedimentary LAB levels in the study region were at the low end of the global range.•Different input mechanisms contribute to LABs in different shelf sediments.•LABs are useful markers in tracking anthropogenic impacts on...