[Translocation, Accumulation, and Comprehensive Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Soil-Crop Systems in an Old Industrial City, Shizuishan, Ningxia, Northwest China].

In order to explore the environmental geochemistry characteristics of heavy metals (HMs) in soil-crop systems in an old industrial city, the concentration and fraction of HMs in the paddy, wheat, and maize root soil and their seeds were detected and analyzed. Subsequently, statistical methods, risk assessment coding (RAC), the bio-enrichment coefficient factor (BCF), influence index of comprehensive quality (IICQ), and ArcGIS spatial interpolation were used to conduct the translocation, accumulation, and comprehensive risk assessment of HMs in soil-crop systems. The results showed that the average concentrations of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, and Zn in root soil were ranked respectively as follows:12.

Internal nitrogen and phosphorus loading in a seasonally stratified reservoir: Implications for eutrophication management of deep-water ecosystems.

Water eutrophication is a serious global issue because of excess external and internal nutrient inputs. Understanding the intensity and contribution of internal nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) loading in deep-water ecosystems is of great significance for water body eutrophication management. In this study, we combined intact sediment core incubation, high-resolution peeper (HR-Peeper) sampling, and analysis of N and P forms and other environmental factors in the water column and sediments to evaluate the contributions of internal N and P loading to water eutrophication by N and P fluxes across the sediment-water interface (SWI) of the Panjiakou Reservoir (PJKR), a deep-water ecosystem where eutrophication threatens the security of the local drinking water supply in North China.

Patterns and drivers of CH concentration and diffusive flux from a temperate river-reservoir system in North China.

Freshwater reservoirs are regarded as an important anthropogenic source of methane (CH) emissions. The temporal and spatial variability of CH emissions from different reservoirs results in uncertainty in the estimation of the global CH budget. In this study, surface water CH concentrations were measured and diffusive CH fluxes were estimated via a thin boundary layer model in a temperate river-reservoir system in North China, using spatial (33 sites) and temporal (four seasons) monitoring; the system has experienced intensive aquaculture disturbance.