Studies on seasonal pollution of heavy metals in water, sediment, fish and oyster from the Meiliang Bay of Taihu Lake in China

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 191; pp. 626 - 638
• Main Authors: Rajeshkumar, Sivakumar, Liu, Yang, Zhang, Xiangyang, Ravikumar, Boopalan, Bai, Ge, Li, Xiaoyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2018
• Subjects: agricultural wastes; Animals; autumn; Bays; biomarkers; cadmium; Carassius carassius; China; chromium; copper; Crassostrea gigas; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Pollution; fish; Fishes - metabolism; floods; Geologic Sediments - chemistry; Heavy metals; lakes; Lakes - analysis; Lakes - chemistry; lead; Metals, Heavy - analysis; Ostreidae - metabolism; oysters; pollution load; rain; Seafood; seasonal variation; Sediment; sediments; Sewage; sludge; spring; summer; Taihu Lake; tissues; Water; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - metabolism; winter; China; Water; Sediment; Heavy metals; Crassostrea gigas; Taihu Lake; Carassius carassius

The present study, seasonal pollution of heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Cr and Cu) in water, sediment, tissues of fish Carassius carassius and oyster Crassostrea gigas were determined at seven sampling sites from Meiliang Bay, Taihu Lake during one year calendar, 2016. The total heavy metal concentrations in...