from the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, for their great contribution tothe project "Water Quality Research of Drinking Water Source in Guangzhou City", which was the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 031549)
Based on the monitoring of five heavy metal elements in the surface sediments of the Pearl River in South China, potential toxicity of the heavy metals was assessed using consensus-based sediment quality guidelines (...