Heavy metal pollution is a global problem although its sources and trends differ by region
and time. To data, no published research has reported heavy metal pollution in global rivers …

In freshwater environments, microbial assemblages attached to submerged substrates play
an essential role in ecosystem processes such as primary production, supported by …

Mining activities are considered the most important factor causing heavy metal accumulation
in surface soil and it is important to understand the spatial distribution and source of heavy …

Heavy metal contamination of river water and sediments is a global issue affecting
ecological health. To reveal heavy metals' ecological risks and biological toxicity in the …

To assess the metals (Cr, Mn, Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg and Pb) pollution risks and their transportation
in sediment and overlay water from the typical reservoirs in the rapidly developing economic …

Urbanization-induced land use changes in riparian area alter soil and water regimes in
complex ways, which may also affect the migration and transformation of soil heavy metals …

This study aimed at investigating the distribution of heavy metals (HMs: Zn, Pb, Cd, Ni, Cr,
and Cu) in the bottom sediments of 28 reservoirs covered area of Poland. The paper …

Sediment cores from five reservoirs, located in the Liaoning and Jilin Provinces in Northeast
China, were collected to investigate the accumulation and potential toxicity of heavy metals …

Two dated sediment cores from the Miyun Reservoir of Beijing in China were analyzed to
reconstruct the pollution history of heavy metals including cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr) …

Abstract Information on both the climate change and anthropogenic activities on lacustrine
ecosystem is of crucial importance for understanding the current state and future …