Concentrations and Distribution of Heavy Metals in South Taihu Lake

Author

Cheng, Binghong ; Qiu, YanLing ; Li, Li ; Zhu, ZhiLiang ; Chen, Jiang ; Yang, Xiaohong ; Yao, Yuxin

Author_Institution

MOE Key Lab. of Yangtze Aquatic Environ., Tongji Univ., Shanghai, China

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

6-7 March 2010

Firstpage

82

Lastpage

84

Abstract

The South Taihu Lake receive localized metal pollution from the factories nearby. The aim of this study was to find out the heavy metal accumulation in South Taihu Lake. Concentration of some heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Cr, Ni, Pb, Cd) were determined in sediments samples. Heavy metal levels were analyzed by ICP. Concentrations varied significantly from different sampling sites. The results showed that the metal level in sediment were comparable to the limits proposed by China Environmental Quality Standard for Soils (GB 15618-95), with the overall mean values a little higher than the standard.

Keywords

lakes; sediments; water pollution; China Environmental Quality Standard for Soil; ICP analysis; factories; heavy metal accumulation; heavy metal concentration; heavy metal distribution; localized metal pollution; sediment samples; south Taihu Lake; Chromium; Distributed computing; Laboratories; Lakes; Monitoring; Sampling methods; Sediments; Soil; Temperature; Zinc; South Taihu Lake; heavy metal; sediment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Challenges in Environmental Science and Computer Engineering (CESCE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3972-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5924-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CESCE.2010.199

Filename

5493231