The contamination of aquatic sediments with metals is a widespread environmental
problem. Coastal aquatic ecosystems with low hydrodynamics need to be periodically …

Abstract Coastal areas of South China face great challenges due to heavy metal
contamination caused by rapid urbanization and industrialization. In this paper, more than …

Rapid growth of the economy in China has been coupled with increasing environmental
pollution. The coastal and estuarine ecosystems in China are now facing increasing metal …

The concentrations and chemical partitioning of heavy metals in the sediment cores of the
Pearl River Estuary were studied. Based on Pearson correlation coefficients and principal …

Abstract Concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni and Fe were determined in the surface
sediments to investigate the distributions, concentrations and the pollution status of heavy …

Total concentrations and speciation of cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) in
surface sediment samples were correlated with the respective metal measured in the total …

The heavy metal inventory and the ecological risk of the estuarine sediments in Hailing Bay,
an important maricultural zone along the southern coast of China, were investigated. Results …

A geographic information system (GIS)-based chemometric approach was applied to
investigate the spatial distribution patterns of heavy metals in marine sediments and to …

Observations of coral reef losses to climate change far exceed our understanding of
historical degradation before anthropogenic warming. This is a critical gap to fill as …

The concentrations of nine heavy metals (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pd and Zn) in the labile
and total fractions of muddy and sandy sediment samples collected from twelve sites in Suez …