Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 113, Issue 1-2, Pages 520-525Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.08.029
Keywords
Metals; Mariculture; Sediment core; Metal fraction; Biological risk
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A sediment core collected from Zhelin Bay, the biggest mariculture base of the eastern Guangdong Province, was analyzed for trace metal concentrations and chemical fractions. Average total concentrations (mg/kg) were 20.7 +/- 15.4 (Pb), 74.6 +/- 11.6 (Cr), 40.7 +/- 6.0 (Ni), 55.9 +/- 13.0 (Cu), and 169.0 +/- 11.9 (Zn), with the concentrations of Cr, Ni, Cu and Zn being significantly higher than their corresponding background values. We identified two vertical distribution patterns of the trace metals in the sediment core. In all sub-samples, Pb was mainly associated with the reducible fraction, whereas a major portion (62.2 to 95.2%) of Cr, Ni, Cu, and Zn was strongly associated with the residual fractions. Biological risk assessment based on the mean effects range-median quotient suggests that the Zhelin Bay sediment core has a 21% probability of being toxic. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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