Integrated regional ecological risk assessment of multiple metals in the soils: A case in the region around the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea
Integrated regional ecological risk assessment of multiple metals in the soils: A case in the region around the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea
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土壤中多种金属的区域综合生态风险评价——以环渤海、黄海地区为例
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2018.06.058
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
8.9
通讯作者:
Xiuqing Shao
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文献类型:
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作者:
Yajuan Shi;Xiangbo Xu;Qifeng Li;Meng Zhang;Jing Li;Yonglong Lu;Ruoyu Liang;Xiaoqi Zheng;Xiuqing Shao
Methodology to quantify and distinguish the spatial distribution of the risks from multiple pollutants within the region was developed in this paper. An integrated quantitative risk assessment was conducted by utilizing a large amount of information available to explore spatial distribution of risk by single and multiple pollutants, and the magnitude of the overall risk from multiple pollutants based on the current concentrations of pollutants and toxicity data. Two target criteria levels – level I (NOEC/LOEC based) and level II (LC/EC/IC50based) – were employed, and thus, the regional and sub-regional risks were evaluated according to these two levels. The risk of multiple toxic metals (As, Cd, Cr, Hg and Pb) to a terrestrial ecosystem for the region around the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea were evaluated as a case. The total overall ecological risks from heavy metals in the region for level I and level II were 21.73% and 12.53%, respectively. The risks were ranked in the order of Cr > As > Pb > Cd > Hg with Cr posing the greatest ecological risk, which was 61.12% for level I. The top three cities according to the level II ecological risk were Cangzhou > Lianyungang > Panjin, while the top three cities of level I ecological risk were Cangzhou > Panjin > Lianyungang. This method provides a quantitative risk assessment with multiple and clear protection levels for risk management.