The Impact of Typhoon Morakot on Heavy Metals of Dapeng Bay and Pollution from Neighboring Rivers

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 21 - Trang 479-487 - 2015
Yi-Chih Tsai1, Chung-Yi Chung1, Chao-Cheng Chung1, Hwa-Sheng Gau2, Wen-Liang Lai3, Shao-Wei Liao1
1Department of Tourism Management, Tajen University, Pingtung, Republic of China
2Graduate Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries, Tajen University, Pingtung, Republic of China
3Graduate Institutes of Environmental Management, Tajen University, Pingtung, Republic of China

Tóm tắt

This study demonstrates that prior to Typhoon Morakot, the index of heavy metals such as Cd, Pb, and Cr was above moderate pollution levels in Dapeng Bay and the three neighboring rivers. During January 2007, the content of Zn metal in Dapeng Bay and Tungkang River was also above moderate pollution levels, while after the Typhoon Morakot event, all metals were at levels below the criteria for low pollution. This work has demonstrated that the samples collected from Dapeng Bay and the three neighboring river systems displayed individual crowd–distribution phenomena, indicating variability between the heavy metal content of sediments collected from Dapeng Bay and the three neighboring rivers. Understanding the spatial and temporal variability of heavy metal pollutants in the sediments of Dapeng Bay, along with pollution sources from three neighboring rivers, provides useful information in the fields of disaster management, habitat recovery, operative management, as well as ecotourism specification.

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