Pinhua Xia, Li Ma, Rongguo Sun, Yu Yang, Xiangchen Tang, Dingbo Yan, Tao Lin, Yutao Zhang, Yin Yi
Caohai, a plateau wetland in Southwest China, is a national nature reserve providing protection for a variety of threatened and endangered species of migrant birds (e.g., the black-necked crane Grus nigricollis). It has been experiencing the increasing environmental problems with heavy metals due to anthropogenic activities. However, the contamination of heavy metals in different habitats is unclear. Surface sediment samples from these habitats were thus collected to analyze the distribution characteristics, potential risk and possible sources for heavy metals (Cd, Hg, Pb, Zn, Ni, Cr, Cu, Be, and V)...
October 20, 2020: Science of the Total Environment