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SUBMITTER: Wu Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7094500 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Qihang Q Leung Jonathan Y S JY Tam Nora F Y NF Chen Shejun S Mai Bixian B Zhou Xizhen X Xia Lihua L Geng Xinhua X
Marine pollution bulletin 20140627 1
Chinese government has taken various measures to alleviate pollution caused by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the region of Pearl River Delta since the economic reform in 1978, but the effectiveness of these measures remains largely unknown. This study aimed to elucidate the biological risk and pollution history of PAHs by measuring the concentrations of 28 PAHs in the surface and core sediments, respectively, in Nansha mangrove. Results found that the biological risk of PAHs was low ...[more]