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Spatial distribution and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in coastal surface sediments in the Hebei Province offshore area, Bohai Sea, China

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Title
Spatial distribution and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in coastal surface sediments in the Hebei Province offshore area, Bohai Sea, China
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Marine Pollution Bulletin, May 2018
DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.04.060
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Xigui Ding, Siyuan Ye, Hongming Yuan, Ken W. Krauss

Abstract

Seven hundred and nine surface sediment samples, along with deeper sediment samples, were collected from Hebei Province along the coastal section of the Bohai Sea, China, and analyzed for grain size, concentrations of organic carbon (Corg) and heavy metals (Cu, Pb, Zn, Cr, Cd, As, and Hg). Results indicated that the average concentrations in the sediments were 16.1 mg/kg (Cu), 19.4 mg/kg (Pb), 50 mg/kg (Zn), 48.8 mg/kg (Cr), 0.1 mg/kg (Cd), 8.4 mg/kg (As), and 20.3 μg/kg (Hg). These concentrations generally met the China Marine Sediment Quality criteria. However, both pollution assessments indicated moderate to strong Cd and Hg contamination in the study area. The potential ecological risk index suggested that the combined ecological risk of the seven studied metals may be low, but that 24.5% of the sites, where sediments were finer and higher in Corg concentration, had high ecological risk in Hg and Cd pollution.

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Unknown 48 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 8 17%
Student > Master 7 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 10%
Lecturer 4 8%
Other 2 4%
Other 6 13%
Unknown 16 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 17 35%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 6%
Engineering 2 4%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 2 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 2%
Other 3 6%
Unknown 20 42%
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