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Temporal and spatial variation of arsenic species in the Dahuofang reservoir in northeast China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research volume 21, pages 1054–1063 (2014)Cite this article

Abstract

Overlying water, pore water, and sediment samples were collected from the Dahuofang reservoir in November 2011 and April 2012, respectively. Total arsenic and arsenic species including arsenite, arsenate, monomethylarsonic, and dimethylarsinic were analyzed by ICP-MS and HPLC–ICP-MS. The results indicated that the environments of the Dahuofang reservoir were in reduced conditions, arsenite was the predominant species in pore water and sediments in the reservoir. Arsenic concentrations in overlying water were very low in all the samples but showed different trend during the different time. In November, arsenic concentrations in the reservoir inlet were higher than that in the other sites, whereas arsenic showed accumulation from the upstream to downstream of the reservoir in samples collected in April. In pore water, arsenic concentrations were about 23 and 37 times higher than those in overlying water in November and April, respectively, and relatively high levels of arsenite were also detected in the pore water. In surface sediments, total arsenic and arsenic species content in the reservoir inlet showed the following decreasing order: R1 > R10 > R4. The results also showed that moderate ecological risks exist in pore water and sediments in the Dahuofang reservoir.

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This research was financially supported by the Major Program of National Water Pollution Control and Management (no. 2012ZX07503-002).

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    Yanwen Qin, Yingqun Ma, Binghui Zheng, Lei Zhang & Yanmin Zhao

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    Yanwen Qin, Yingqun Ma, Binghui Zheng, Lei Zhang & Yanmin Zhao

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Qin, Y., Ma, Y., Zheng, B. et al. Temporal and spatial variation of arsenic species in the Dahuofang reservoir in northeast China. Environ Sci Pollut Res 21, 1054–1063 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-1969-2

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Keywords

  • Dahuofang reservoir
  • Arsenic species
  • Overlying water
  • Pore water
  • Sediment