Dissolved trace elements in a nitrogen-polluted river near to the Liaodong Bay in Northeast China.
Dissolved trace element concentrations (Ba, Fe, Mn, Si, Sr, and Zn) were investigated in the Haicheng River near to the Liaodong Bay in Northeast China during 2010. Dissolved Ba, Fe, Mn, and Sr showed significant spatial variation, whereas dissolved Fe, Mn, and Zn displayed seasonal variations. Conditions such as water temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen were found to have an important impact on redox reactions involving dissolved Ba, Fe, and Zn. Dissolved Fe and Mn concentrations were regulated by adsorption or desorption of Fe/Mn oxyhydroxides and the effects of organic carbon complexation on dissolved Ba and Sr were found to be significant. The sources of dissolved trace elements were found to be mainly from domestic sewage, industrial waste, agricultural surface runoff, and natural origin, with estimated seasonal and annual river fluxes established as important inputs of dissolved trace elements from the Haicheng River into the Liaodong Bay or Bohai Sea.
Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China. Electronic address: buhm2004@163.com.
Hongmei
H
Bu
Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Xianfang
X
Song
State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
Fen
F
Guo
D000327:Adsorption; D061006:Bays / Q000737:chemistry*; D002681:China; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012621:Seasons; D012995:Solubility; D062211:Spatio-Temporal Analysis; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
D007220:Industrial Waste; D014131:Trace Elements; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D009584:Nitrogen; D010100:Oxygen
Behavior; Dissolved trace element; Flux; Nitrogen-polluted river; Source identification; Spatio-temporal variation