Heavy metal research in lacustrine sediment: a review

Zhigang Yao; Pu Gao

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Heavy metal research in lacustrine sediment: a review

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- Heavy metal research in lacustrine sediment: a review
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 25, Issue 4, Pages: 444-454(2007)
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  School of Petroleum Resources Xi’ an Shiyou University
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Yao, Z., Gao, P. Heavy metal research in lacustrine sediment: a review., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 25, 444–454 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-007-0444-7
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Yao, Z., Gao, P. Heavy metal research in lacustrine sediment: a review., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 25, 444–454 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-007-0444-7 DOI：

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Abstract

Heavy metals are released into environment from a wide range of natural and anthropogenic sources. Aquatic ecosystems are normally at the receiving end and in many cases

with lakes as intermediaries. Lacustrine sediments are important sinks for heavy metals and play a significant role in enrichment and remobilization of heavy metals in aquatic systems. Therefore

characteristics of heavy metal in lacustrine sediments become one of the important issues in environmental sciences. Progress in heavy metal research of lake sediments since late 1980s is reviewed comprehensively in this paper from over 100. The Highlights are placed on the establishment of aquatic sediment quality guidelines

references chemical speciation of heavy metals

heavy metal transport mechanisms in lakes

and high-resolution study of lake borehole cores. Meanwhile

suggestions for heavy metal research in lacustrine sediment in the future are proposed

including such issues as using integrated approaches to assess aquatic ecosystem

modern lake dynamic process

high-resolution evolutionary sequence and spatial differentiation of environments and international lake database

which should be referential to the promotion of research on heavy metal in aquatic system.

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