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Temporal and Spatial Variations of Copper, Cadmium, Lead, and Zinc in Ten Mile Creek in South Florida, USA
Author(s) -
Yang Yuangen,
He Zhenli,
Lin Youjian,
Phlips Edward J.,
Stoffella Peter J.,
Powell Charles A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
water environment research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1554-7531
pISSN - 1061-4303
DOI - 10.2175/106143008x296479
Subject(s) - cadmium , zinc , mile , copper , environmental science , lead (geology) , geography , geology , metallurgy , materials science , geomorphology , geodesy
Lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), and cadmium (Cd) often seriously deteriorate water quality. Spatial and temporal fluctuations of the metal concentrations in the Ten Mile Creek (Florida) (TMC) were monitored on a weekly basis at 7 sampling sites, from June 2005 to September 2007. River sediment samples were also collected from these sites in April, June, and October 2006 and January 2007, and analyzed for water, Mehlich 1 (M1), and Mehlich 3 (M3)‐extractable metals (Mehlich, 1953, 1984), to examine the role of sediments as sources or sinks of the metals. The concentrations of lead, zinc, copper, and cadmium in the water samples were