title: Heavy-metal pollution and potential ecological risk assessment of sediments from Baihua Lake, Guizhou, P.R. China.
abstract: Baihua Lake, a man-made reservoir, is one of the five drinking water sources for Guiyang City in China's southwestern province of Guizhou. In the present research, the distribution and accumulation characteristics of heavy metals (Pb, Cd, As, Cu and Zn) for the sediment of this lake were analyzed by examination of 10 recently collected samples. A method based on toxic-response factor was applied to assess the potential ecological risk of these heavy metals to the water body. For comparison, the two sets of reference data representing the pre-industrial and the local baseline pollution levels were employed to derive the accumulating coefficients for the heavy metals under study. The calculated potential ecological risk indices show that the lake was polluted by heavy metals and both cadmium and arsenic loadings were critical factors responsible for the ecological hazards posed to Baihua Lake by the five elements.
authors.affiliation: Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Information Systems of Mountainous Areas and Protection of Ecological Environment, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xianfei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jiwei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Cunxiong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jiajun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Fanxin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Qin
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000032:analysis; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical