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

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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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Acknowledgments

This work was sponsored by the National Council of Science, Taiwan, and Republic of China (NSC 100-2632-E-127-001-MY3). The authors especially thank our colleagues at the Department of Environmental Resources Management who helped in the laboratory and with sampling.

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  1. Department of Tourism Management, Tajen University, Pingtung, Taiwan, 90703, Republic of China

    Yi-Chih Tsai, Chung-Yi Chung, Chao-Cheng Chung & Shao-Wei Liao

  2. Graduate Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries, Tajen University, Pingtung, Taiwan, 90703, Republic of China

    Hwa-Sheng Gau

  3. Graduate Institutes of Environmental Management, Tajen University, Pingtung, Taiwan, 90703, Republic of China

    Wen-Liang Lai

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Tsai, YC., Chung, CY., Chung, CC. et al. The Impact of Typhoon Morakot on Heavy Metals of Dapeng Bay and Pollution from Neighboring Rivers. Environ Model Assess 21, 479–487 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10666-015-9474-2

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