Arsenic fractionation and contamination assessment in sediments of thirteen lakes from the East Plain and Yungui Plateau Ecoregions, China

作     者：Fengyu Zan Shouliang Huo Jingtian Zhang Li Zhang Beidou Xi Lieyu Zhang 

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science College of Environmental Science and Engineering Anhui Normal University 

出 版 物：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》 (环境科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第26卷第10期

页      面：1977-1984页

核心收录：

学科分类：083002[工学-环境工程] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0815[工学-水利工程] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：supported by the Mega-projects of Science Research for Water Environment Improvement (Nos. 2009ZX07106-001, 2012ZX07101-002) the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41303085) 

主　　题：Arsenic fractionation Sediment Contamination assessment Lake ecoregion 

摘      要：Arsenic（As） fractions in the sediments of seven lakes from East Plain Ecoregion and six lakes from Yungui Plateau Ecoregion, China, were investigated. Results indicated that the total As concentrations in sediment samples of lakes of the East Plain Lake Ecoregion are higher than those of Yungui Plateau Lake Ecoregion. Residual As is the main fraction in sediment samples of lakes from both ecoregions, followed by reducible As and soluble or oxidizable As. The total As is correlated to oxidizable As and residual As in sediment samples from both lake ecoregions. As distribution in sediment samples of lakes of the East Plain Ecoregion appears to be affected by human activity, while the As origin mainly comes from natural sources in sediment samples of lakes in the Yungui Plateau Ecoregion. The potential ecological risk index and geoaccumulation index values suggest ＂low to moderate＂ risk degree and ＂unpolluted to moderately polluted＂ for As in the studied lake sediments.