Preliminary assessment of heavy metal contamination in surface water and sediments from Honghu Lake, East Central China

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Preliminary assessment of heavy metal contamination in surface water and sediments from Honghu Lake, East Central China

Ying HU^1,2, Shihua QI^1,2(

), Chenxi WU², Yanping KE^1,2, Jing CHEN^1,2, Wei CHEN^1,2, Xiangyi GONG³

1. State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Wuhan 430074, China; 2. School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; 3. College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China

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Abstract

Heavy metal concentrations in surface water and sediments collected from Honghu Lake in Hubei Province, China were analyzed, and ecological risks were evaluated according to the sediment quality guidelines. The results showed that the average concentrations of heavy metals in surface water were ranked as: As>Zn>Cu>Cr>Pb>Ni>Cd>Hg. In comparison with results reported in other rivers and the background values, The Honghu Lake was polluted by As, Cr, Pb, Cu and Ni. Most of metals might be mainly from fertilizers, industrial effluent and domestic wastewater around the lake. Heavy metals concentrations were relatively higher in the inlet area than in other areas. Negative correlations were observed between most heavy metals and pH, while a significant positive correlation was present between Zn, Cd and Pb. In the sediment core, Cu, Zn, Cr and Ni showed a decreasing trend while Cd present an increasing trend. The decrease of As, Cu, Zn, Cr and Ni in the 1990s might due to the flood event in 1998. The analysis of ecological risk assessment based on sediment quality guidelines suggested that heavy metals in most sediments from the Honghu Lake had moderate toxicity, with Cr being the highest priority pollutant.

Keywords metal distribution sediment core ecological risk assessment wetland

Corresponding Author(s): QI Shihua,Email:shihuaqi@cug.edu.cn

Issue Date: 05 March 2012

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Ying HU,Shihua QI,Chenxi WU, et al. Preliminary assessment of heavy metal contamination in surface water and sediments from Honghu Lake, East Central China[J]. Front Earth Sci, 0, (): 39-47.

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Fig.1 Location map of Honghu Lake and sampling sites of surface water and sediment core

Tab.1 Concentrations of heavy metals and pH in surface water from Honghu Lake and the water quality guilines/(μg·L)

Tab.2 Average concentrations of heavy metals in water from other rivers over the world/(μg·L)

Tab.3 Pearson correlation coefficients of heavy metals and pH values in the surface water from Honghu Lake ( = 15)

Fig.2 Profiles of Pbex activity for the S1 from Honghu Lake

Fig.3 Vertical distribution of heavy metals in the sediment core (S1) of Honghu Lake

Tab.4 Risk assessments of heavy metals in the sediment core

Fig.4 Contributions of respective heavy metal to the sum of TUs

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