Occurrence and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Sediments of the Xiangjiang River, China

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Occurrence and risk assessment of heavy metals in sediments of the Xiangjiang River, China

Jinjun Liua,b, Youze Xub, Yingxiang Chengb, Yuanyuan Zhaob, Yanan Panb,c, Guangyi Fub, Youzhi Daia,*

a College of Environment and Resource, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China;

b Hunan Research Academy of Environmental Science, Changsha 410004, China;

c CollegeofResourcesandEnvironmentalScience, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410004, China

Part 1: Table S1.

Part 2: Chinese References.

Part 3: The Control and Implementation Plan of Heavy Metals Pollution in Xiangjiang River.

Part 4: The URL of Environment Statistical Bulletin of Hunan Province.

*Corresponding authors. Tel.: +86 731 58292231; fax: +86 731 58292231.

E-mail addresses: (Youzhi Dai)
Part 1:

Loadings of experimental variables (8) on significant principal components

VF1 / VF2 / VF3
As / 0.912 / 0.070 / -0.167
Cd / 0.879 / 0.109 / 0.203
Pb / 0.846 / 0.198 / -0.226
Hg / 0.731 / -0.551 / 0.249
Cr / 0.548 / 0.407 / -0.171
Zn / 0.577 / -0.739 / 0.232
Cu / 0.554 / 0.595 / 0.095
Mn / -0.125 / 0.405 / 0.879
Eigenvalue / 3.811 / 1.589 / 1.047
% Total variance / 47.643 / 19.856 / 13.088
% Cumulative variance / 47.643 / 67.499 / 80.587

*Bold and italic values indicate strong and moderate loadings, respectively.

Part 2:

Lv M, Zhou L, Yan K, Hon L (2015) The prevention of Xiangjiang pollution goes further, People’s Daily. People’s Daily Publishing Corporation, Beijing (in Chinese).

Zeng B, Pang Y, Huang Z (1982) Preliminary evaluation of the Xiangjiang River sediment pollution. Environmental Chemistry 5:352-358 (in Chinese).

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Part 4:

Environment statistical bulletin of Hunan Province in 2005

http://www.hbt.hunan.gov.cn/new/zljp/hjtj/content_9672.html

Environment statistical bulletin of Hunan Province in 2006

http://www.hbt.hunan.gov.cn/new/zljp/hjtj/content_9673.html

Environment statistical bulletin of Hunan Province in 2007

http://www.hbt.hunan.gov.cn/new/zljp/hjtj/content_9658.html

Environment statistical bulletin of Hunan Province in 2009

http://www.hbt.hunan.gov.cn/new/zljp/hjtj/content_17988.html

Environment statistical bulletin of Hunan Province in 2010

http://www.hbt.hunan.gov.cn/new/zljp/hjtj/content_22081.html

Environment statistical bulletin of Hunan Province in 2011

http://www.hbt.hunan.gov.cn/new/zljp/hjtj/content_29296.html

Environment statistical bulletin of Hunan Province in 2012

http://hnrb.voc.com.cn/hnrb_epaper/html/2013-06/06/content_673841.htm

The annual report of environmental protection work of Hunan Province in 2013 http://www.chinaenvironment.com/view/ViewNews.aspx?k=20140218091532859

The annual report of environmental protection work of Hunan Province in 2014 http://hnrb.voc.com.cn/hnrb_epaper/html/2015-02/05/content_938646.htm?div=-1