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<record><TEI><teiHeader><fileDesc><titleStmt><title xml:lang="en">Environmental and Ecological Risk Assessment of Trace Metal Contamination in Mangrove Ecosystems: A Case from Zhangjiangkou Mangrove National Nature Reserve, China</title><author><name sortKey="Wang, Jun" sort="Wang, Jun" uniqKey="Wang J" first="Jun" last="Wang">Jun Wang</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I1">Coastal and Ocean Management Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I2">Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Du, Huihong" sort="Du, Huihong" uniqKey="Du H" first="Huihong" last="Du">Huihong Du</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I4">Xiamen Environmental Protection Bureau, Xiamen 361004, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Xu, Ye" sort="Xu, Ye" uniqKey="Xu Y" first="Ye" last="Xu">Ye Xu</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Chen, Kai" sort="Chen, Kai" uniqKey="Chen K" first="Kai" last="Chen">Kai Chen</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I1">Coastal and Ocean Management Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Liang, Junhua" sort="Liang, Junhua" uniqKey="Liang J" first="Junhua" last="Liang">Junhua Liang</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Ke, Hongwei" sort="Ke, Hongwei" uniqKey="Ke H" first="Hongwei" last="Ke">Hongwei Ke</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Cheng, Sha Yen" sort="Cheng, Sha Yen" uniqKey="Cheng S" first="Sha-Yen" last="Cheng">Sha-Yen Cheng</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I5">College of Ocean Science and Resources, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202, Taiwan</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Liu, Mengyang" sort="Liu, Mengyang" uniqKey="Liu M" first="Mengyang" last="Liu">Mengyang Liu</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Deng, Hengxiang" sort="Deng, Hengxiang" uniqKey="Deng H" first="Hengxiang" last="Deng">Hengxiang Deng</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="He, Tong" sort="He, Tong" uniqKey="He T" first="Tong" last="He">Tong He</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Wang, Wenqing" sort="Wang, Wenqing" uniqKey="Wang W" first="Wenqing" last="Wang">Wenqing Wang</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I2">Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I6">College of Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Cai, Minggang" sort="Cai, Minggang" uniqKey="Cai M" first="Minggang" last="Cai">Minggang Cai</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I1">Coastal and Ocean Management Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I2">Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I7">State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author></titleStmt><publicationStmt><idno type="wicri:source">PMC</idno><idno type="pmid">27795956</idno><idno type="pmc">5067478</idno><idno type="url">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5067478</idno><idno type="RBID">PMC:5067478</idno><idno type="doi">10.1155/2016/2167053</idno><date when="2016">2016</date><idno type="wicri:Area/Pmc/Corpus">000404</idno><idno type="wicri:explorRef" wicri:stream="Pmc" wicri:step="Corpus" wicri:corpus="PMC">000404</idno></publicationStmt><sourceDesc><biblStruct><analytic><title xml:lang="en" level="a" type="main">Environmental and Ecological Risk Assessment of Trace Metal Contamination in Mangrove Ecosystems: A Case from Zhangjiangkou Mangrove National Nature Reserve, China</title><author><name sortKey="Wang, Jun" sort="Wang, Jun" uniqKey="Wang J" first="Jun" last="Wang">Jun Wang</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I1">Coastal and Ocean Management Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I2">Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Du, Huihong" sort="Du, Huihong" uniqKey="Du H" first="Huihong" last="Du">Huihong Du</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I4">Xiamen Environmental Protection Bureau, Xiamen 361004, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Xu, Ye" sort="Xu, Ye" uniqKey="Xu Y" first="Ye" last="Xu">Ye Xu</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Chen, Kai" sort="Chen, Kai" uniqKey="Chen K" first="Kai" last="Chen">Kai Chen</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I1">Coastal and Ocean Management Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Liang, Junhua" sort="Liang, Junhua" uniqKey="Liang J" first="Junhua" last="Liang">Junhua Liang</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Ke, Hongwei" sort="Ke, Hongwei" uniqKey="Ke H" first="Hongwei" last="Ke">Hongwei Ke</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Cheng, Sha Yen" sort="Cheng, Sha Yen" uniqKey="Cheng S" first="Sha-Yen" last="Cheng">Sha-Yen Cheng</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I5">College of Ocean Science and Resources, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202, Taiwan</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Liu, Mengyang" sort="Liu, Mengyang" uniqKey="Liu M" first="Mengyang" last="Liu">Mengyang Liu</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Deng, Hengxiang" sort="Deng, Hengxiang" uniqKey="Deng H" first="Hengxiang" last="Deng">Hengxiang Deng</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="He, Tong" sort="He, Tong" uniqKey="He T" first="Tong" last="He">Tong He</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Wang, Wenqing" sort="Wang, Wenqing" uniqKey="Wang W" first="Wenqing" last="Wang">Wenqing Wang</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I2">Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I6">College of Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Cai, Minggang" sort="Cai, Minggang" uniqKey="Cai M" first="Minggang" last="Cai">Minggang Cai</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I1">Coastal and Ocean Management Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I2">Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I7">State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</nlm:aff></affiliation></author></analytic><series><title level="j">BioMed Research International</title><idno type="ISSN">2314-6133</idno><idno type="eISSN">2314-6141</idno><imprint><date when="2016">2016</date></imprint></series></biblStruct></sourceDesc></fileDesc><profileDesc><textClass></textClass></profileDesc></teiHeader><front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><p>Zhangjiangkou Mangrove National Nature Reserve is a subtropical wetland ecosystem in southeast coast of China, which is of dense population and rapid development. The concentrations, sources, and pollution assessment of trace metals (Cu, Cd, Pb, Cr, Zn, As, and Hg) in surface sediment from 29 sites and the biota specimen were investigated for better ecological risk assessment and environmental management. The ranges of trace metals in mg/kg sediment were as follows: Cu (10.79–26.66), Cd (0.03–0.19), Pb (36.71–59.86), Cr (9.67–134.51), Zn (119.69–157.84), As (15.65–31.60), and Hg (0.00–0.08). The sequences of the bioaccumulation of studied metals are Zn > Cu > As > Cr > Pb > Cd > Hg with few exceptions. Cluster analysis and principal component analysis revealed that the trace metals in the studied area mainly derived from anthropogenic activities, such as industrial effluents, agricultural waste, and domestic sewage. Pollution load index and geoaccumulation index were calculated for trace metals in surface sediments, which indicated unpolluted status in general except Pb, Cr, and As.</p></div></front><back><div1 type="bibliography"><listBibl><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Bayen, S" uniqKey="Bayen S">S. Bayen</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Wang, S L" uniqKey="Wang S">S.-L. Wang</name></author><author><name sortKey="Xu, X R" uniqKey="Xu X">X.-R. Xu</name></author><author><name sortKey="Sun, Y X" uniqKey="Sun Y">Y.-X. Sun</name></author><author><name sortKey="Liu, J L" uniqKey="Liu J">J.-L. Liu</name></author><author><name sortKey="Li, H B" uniqKey="Li H">H.-B. Li</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Alongi, D M" uniqKey="Alongi D">D. M. Alongi</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Kong, Q" uniqKey="Kong Q">Q. 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Biomed Res Int</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Biomed Res Int</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">BMRI</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>BioMed Research International</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2314-6133</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2314-6141</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Hindawi Publishing Corporation</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">27795956</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">5067478</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1155/2016/2167053</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Environmental and Ecological Risk Assessment of Trace Metal Contamination in Mangrove Ecosystems: A Case from Zhangjiangkou Mangrove National Nature Reserve, China</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Wang</surname><given-names>Jun</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I2"><sup>2</sup></xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I3"><sup>3</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Du</surname><given-names>Huihong</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I3"><sup>3</sup></xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I4"><sup>4</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Xu</surname><given-names>Ye</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I3"><sup>3</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chen</surname><given-names>Kai</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Liang</surname><given-names>Junhua</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I3"><sup>3</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ke</surname><given-names>Hongwei</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I3"><sup>3</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Cheng</surname><given-names>Sha-Yen</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I5"><sup>5</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Liu</surname><given-names>Mengyang</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I3"><sup>3</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Deng</surname><given-names>Hengxiang</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I3"><sup>3</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>He</surname><given-names>Tong</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I3"><sup>3</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Wang</surname><given-names>Wenqing</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I2"><sup>2</sup></xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I6"><sup>6</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid" authenticated="false">http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2828-0529</contrib-id><name><surname>Cai</surname><given-names>Minggang</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I2"><sup>2</sup></xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I3"><sup>3</sup></xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I7"><sup>7</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="I1"><sup>1</sup>Coastal and Ocean Management Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</aff><aff id="I2"><sup>2</sup>Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</aff><aff id="I3"><sup>3</sup>College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</aff><aff id="I4"><sup>4</sup>Xiamen Environmental Protection Bureau, Xiamen 361004, China</aff><aff id="I5"><sup>5</sup>College of Ocean Science and Resources, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202, Taiwan</aff><aff id="I6"><sup>6</sup>College of Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</aff><aff id="I7"><sup>7</sup>State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China</aff><author-notes><corresp id="cor1">*Minggang Cai: <email>mgcai@xmu.edu.cn</email></corresp><fn fn-type="other"><p>Academic Editor: Chunlei Xia</p></fn></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><year>2016</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>4</day><month>10</month><year>2016</year></pub-date><volume>2016</volume><elocation-id>2167053</elocation-id><history><date date-type="received"><day>25</day><month>5</month><year>2016</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>11</day><month>8</month><year>2016</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright © 2016 Jun Wang et al.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2016</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access"><license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Zhangjiangkou Mangrove National Nature Reserve is a subtropical wetland ecosystem in southeast coast of China, which is of dense population and rapid development. The concentrations, sources, and pollution assessment of trace metals (Cu, Cd, Pb, Cr, Zn, As, and Hg) in surface sediment from 29 sites and the biota specimen were investigated for better ecological risk assessment and environmental management. The ranges of trace metals in mg/kg sediment were as follows: Cu (10.79–26.66), Cd (0.03–0.19), Pb (36.71–59.86), Cr (9.67–134.51), Zn (119.69–157.84), As (15.65–31.60), and Hg (0.00–0.08). The sequences of the bioaccumulation of studied metals are Zn > Cu > As > Cr > Pb > Cd > Hg with few exceptions. Cluster analysis and principal component analysis revealed that the trace metals in the studied area mainly derived from anthropogenic activities, such as industrial effluents, agricultural waste, and domestic sewage. Pollution load index and geoaccumulation index were calculated for trace metals in surface sediments, which indicated unpolluted status in general except Pb, Cr, and As.</p></abstract><funding-group><award-group><funding-source xlink:href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001809">National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source><award-id>40776040</award-id><award-id>41576180</award-id><award-id>J1210050</award-id></award-group><award-group><funding-source xlink:href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003392">Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province</funding-source><award-id>2012J05078</award-id><award-id>2014J06014</award-id></award-group><award-group><funding-source>Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Fujian Province University</funding-source></award-group><award-group><funding-source>Marine Science Base Project for Scientific Research Training and Capacity Enhancement—Xiamen University</funding-source></award-group></funding-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="sec1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>Differing from the land ecosystem and marine ecosystem in the structure and function, the mangrove wetland, periodically suffering seawater immersion, locates in the dynamic ocean and land interface of tropics and subtropics and plays an extremely important role in the global ecological balance [<xref rid="B6" ref-type="bibr">1</xref>, <xref rid="B65" ref-type="bibr">2</xref>]. In recent years, since many mangrove ecosystems are close to urban development which is tied to industrialization and human activities, the important intertidal zone is subjected to contamination from a variety of human activities [<xref rid="B1" ref-type="bibr">3</xref>–<xref rid="B49" ref-type="bibr">5</xref>], because it is always located near the coast where the wind is weak and the water movement is slow and the pollutants can directly settle in the sediments [<xref rid="B11" ref-type="bibr">6</xref>]. Inherent physical and chemical properties of mangrove sediments confer an extraordinary capacity to accumulate materials or pollutants discharged to the nearshore marine environment [<xref rid="B23" ref-type="bibr">7</xref>, <xref rid="B41" ref-type="bibr">8</xref>].</p><p>Because of the toxicity, broad sources, biodegradable properties, and cumulative behavior, trace metals are of special environmental concern [<xref rid="B70" ref-type="bibr">9</xref>]. Trace metals with low solubility in water are easily adsorbed and accumulated in sediments [<xref rid="B2" ref-type="bibr">10</xref>]. Therefore, coastal sediments are always regarded as the ultimate sinks for trace metals [<xref rid="B70" ref-type="bibr">9</xref>]. On the other hand, some trace metal elements cannot be permanently fastened by sediments and will be released back to the overlying water, when the environmental condition changes (like salinity, resuspension, pH, redox potential, and the organic matter decay rate) [<xref rid="B12" ref-type="bibr">11</xref>, <xref rid="B24" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>].</p><p>Some trace metals such as copper, zinc, cobalt, and arsenic are essential elements of marine organisms in the environment, indispensable for body for normal physiological activity [<xref rid="B8" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>]. Nevertheless, trace metals are such as cadmium and mercury, which have no essential biological functions and are toxic even at low concentrations [<xref rid="B71" ref-type="bibr">14</xref>, <xref rid="B4" ref-type="bibr">15</xref>]. The organism is exposed to these pollutants from the water or the particles and then accumulates them in the body [<xref rid="B57" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>–<xref rid="B69" ref-type="bibr">18</xref>]. Humans, as a final link in the food chain, are always mostly affected, and consequently the public has become the potential risk to human health when consuming such polluted biota [<xref rid="B43" ref-type="bibr">19</xref>]. Conversely, benthic organisms (like gastropod, fish, and crab) can be used to monitor the quality of aquatic ecosystems with broad geographical distribution, fixed lifestyle, easiness of capture, and the promotion of bioturbation [<xref rid="B64" ref-type="bibr">17</xref>, <xref rid="B69" ref-type="bibr">18</xref>, <xref rid="B14" ref-type="bibr">20</xref>, <xref rid="B45" ref-type="bibr">21</xref>].</p><p>Although several studies have focused on trace metal distribution in mangrove sediments and benthic organism worldwide [<xref rid="B47" ref-type="bibr">22</xref>–<xref rid="B52" ref-type="bibr">26</xref>], little is known about mangroves in the southeast China [<xref rid="B18" ref-type="bibr">27</xref>–<xref rid="B28" ref-type="bibr">29</xref>], where high levels of trace metals were observed in the biota according to the rather limited studies [<xref rid="B61" ref-type="bibr">30</xref>–<xref rid="B48" ref-type="bibr">32</xref>]. From 1980 to 2006, some researches have been conducted to investigate the content and distribution of trace metals in the surface sediments in Dongshan Bay and Zhangjiang River Estuary mangrove zone to examine the concentrations of some selected trace metals (Cr, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Hg, and Pb) in the surface sediment [<xref rid="B11" ref-type="bibr">6</xref>, <xref rid="B67" ref-type="bibr">33</xref>–<xref rid="B34" ref-type="bibr">35</xref>]. However, no reports are available in the Zhangjiangkou Mangrove National Nature Reserve (ZMNNR) relating metals in the sediments to bioaccumulation in edible biota [<xref rid="B18" ref-type="bibr">27</xref>–<xref rid="B28" ref-type="bibr">29</xref>]. With more industry developed nearby, such as nuclear power industry, chemical industry, and power plants, it is necessary to investigate and assess the environmental risk in Zhangjiang River catchment for environment management and sustainable development [<xref rid="B49" ref-type="bibr">5</xref>, <xref rid="B66" ref-type="bibr">36</xref>].</p><p>The objectives of this study were to measure the contents and distribution of some trace metals in surface sediments and benthic animals from ZMNNR. The goals of this research were (1) to evaluate the concentration level and distribution of the trace metals in the sediment and biota in the ZMNNR; (2) to accurately quantify the extent of trace metal pollution using the geoaccumulation index (<italic>I</italic><sub>geo</sub>) and pollution load index (PLI); and (3) to analyze possible sources of trace metals in sediment using the Pearson correlation analysis, cluster analysis (CA), and principal component analysis (PCA).</p></sec><sec id="sec2"><title>2. Materials and Methods</title><sec id="sec2.1"><title>2.1. Study Area</title><p>Zhangjiangkou Mangrove National Nature Reserve, covering approximately an area of 23.60 km<sup>2</sup>, is the biggest mangrove zone to the north of the Tropic of Cancer, China. ZMNNR locates at the outlet of the Zhangjiang River (23°23′–23°56′ N, 117°24′–117°30′ E), which flows into the Dongshan Bay from the northwest, and is a traditional agriculture area, which irrigates vast stretches of farmland along its course. The catchment area and total length are 855 km<sup>2</sup> and 58 km, respectively. Dongshan Bay locates on the west coast of the south of the Taiwan Strait, covering 247.89 km<sup>2</sup> area, with a water surface of approximately 155.5 km<sup>2</sup>, and is the largest bay in southern Fujian. The bay is a semiclosed bay, inundated by the incoming tide twice a day, with the largest tidal difference during spring at 3.15 m. The current of the bay is a reciprocating semidiurnal tidal current. The bay is a place in which the East China Sea and South China Sea cross where the fish from East China Sea and South China Sea fish can be bred.</p><p>The average temperature is between 13.5°C (in January) and 28.9°C (in August) in this area. The wind direction during the dry season is prevalent from north-west to south-east while it is the opposite during the rainy season. Annual fall of rain is about 1714.5 mm and the monsoon will bring heavy rainfall during rainy season from April to September.</p></sec><sec id="sec2.2"><title>2.2. Sampling</title><p>A lot of research elaborates the method for extraction, purification, and measurement of trace metals in sediment and biota samples elsewhere, including Cai et al. [<xref rid="B11" ref-type="bibr">6</xref>] and Shi et al. [<xref rid="B55" ref-type="bibr">43</xref>], to name but a few. And we give only a concise presentation here.</p><p>29 surface sediment samples and the biota specimen were carried out from the study area in August 2013 (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref>). In this study, the sampling region included the mangrove intertidal zone (C01–C17) and the subtidal zone (DS01–DS12). Surface sediments were collected with a grab sampler and were subsampled from the center of the collected material using plastic spatula. Once removed the samples were placed into precleaned Teflon containers and stored at −20°C before undergoing analysis in a laboratory.</p><p>The benthic, mussel (<italic>Siliqua minima</italic>,<italic> SM</italic>), crab (<italic>Uca maracoani</italic>,<italic> UM</italic>), and fish (<italic>Boleophthalmus pectinirostris, BP</italic>) of biota specimens were also carried out from the study area in August 2013. The two kinds of biological samples were sampled by local fisherman from northwest Zhangjiang River. The fishes were bought from the local fisherman on the same day of capture and brought to the laboratory, where they were stored at −20°C until analysis. During analysis stage, we selected the samples (<italic>Siliqua minima</italic>, <italic>n</italic> = 25;<italic> Uca maracoani</italic>, <italic>n</italic> = 10) in the medium body length and preferable growth situation. The samples had been dissected to separate their shell and tissue, freeze-dried, and stored at −20°C.</p></sec><sec id="sec2.3"><title>2.3. Sample Analysis</title><p> The sediment samples for trace metals analysis were freeze-dried under −80°C for 36 hours and then ground to powder using an agate mortar and pestle and passed through a 180-mesh nylon sieve to remove large particles. The screened sample was collected in acid-rinsed glass vials and stored in desiccators. 0.1000 ± 0.005 g of sediment sample (dry weight) was put into acid-washed PTFE vessel and digested with the method of HNO<sub>3</sub> + HClO<sub>4</sub>. Sample was diluted to 50 mL with Milli-Q water (National Standard of China, GB 17378.5-1998). Sample solutions were analyzed for Zn using flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS, SOLAAR M6, Thermo Electron) and for Cr, Pb, Cu, and Cd using Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (GF-AAS, SOLLAAR M6, Thermo Electron) and for Hg and As using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) (DRC-II, Perkin Elmer, USA). 0.200 ± 0.005 g of freeze-drying of benthic animals sample was put into acid-washed PTFE vessel and digested with the method of HNO<sub>3</sub> + H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> (National Standard of China, GB 17378.6-2007). Sample solutions were analyzed for Cu, Cr, and Cd, using Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (GF-AAS).</p><p>Granulometry was analyzed using a laser particle size analyzer (Mastersizer 2000, Malvern) and pH was performed by Vario pH meter (SMCH-2V00-001V, German).</p></sec><sec id="sec2.4"><title>2.4. Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC)</title><p>All reagents were of superior grade pure and ultrapure water throughout this study using a Milli-Q water purification system (Millipore, Bedford, MA, USA) with resistivity of 18.2 Megohm-cm. A method blank, limit of detection (LOD), and precision were run to correct the measurement. Lab ware prepared for sample was soaked in nitric acid (1 : 3) for at least 48 h and then rinsed with Milli-Q water. Detection limits were 1.80 <italic>μ</italic>g/L for Zn, 0.03 <italic>μ</italic>g/L for Cr, 0.21 <italic>μ</italic>g/L for Pb, 0.009 <italic>μ</italic>g/L for Cd, 0.06 <italic>μ</italic>g/L for Cu, 0.04 ng/g for As, and 0.05 ng/g for Hg. All samples were analyzed in duplicate. Sediment standard reference material (GBW07314; National Research Council of China) was digested in quadruplicate and analyzed to support the QA/QC of sediment measurements, which yielded satisfactory results, with recovery ranging from 85% to 115%. Biota standard reference material (DORM-4, National Research Council of Canada; GBW10024, National Research Council of China) was digested in quadruplicate and analyzed to support the QA/QC of biota measurements, which yielded satisfactory results, with recovery ranging from 81% to 112%.</p></sec><sec id="sec2.5"><title>2.5. Quantification of Sediment Pollution</title><sec id="sec2.5.1"><title>2.5.1. Pollution Load Index (PLI)</title><p> To assess the level of trace metal pollution, an integrated pollution load index of eight metals was calculated as suggested by Suresh et al. [<xref rid="B59" ref-type="bibr">44</xref>]. PLI > 1 means that pollution is present; otherwise, if it is below 1, there is no metal pollution<disp-formula id="EEq1"><label>(1)</label><mml:math id="M1"><mml:mtable style="T1"><mml:mtr><mml:mtd><mml:mtext>PLI</mml:mtext><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mfenced separators="|"><mml:mrow><mml:mspace height="6.67pt" depth="2.484pt"></mml:mspace><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>CF</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn mathvariant="normal">1</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub><mml:mi>∗</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>CF</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn mathvariant="normal">2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub><mml:mi>∗</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>CF</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn mathvariant="normal">3</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub><mml:mi>∗</mml:mi><mml:mo>⋯</mml:mo><mml:mi>∗</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>CF</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>n</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub><mml:mspace height="6.67pt" depth="2.484pt"></mml:mspace></mml:mrow></mml:mfenced></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn mathvariant="normal">1</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mo>/</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mi>n</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:mrow></mml:mrow></mml:msup><mml:mo>.</mml:mo></mml:mtd></mml:mtr></mml:mtable></mml:math></disp-formula></p><p>The contaminant factor (CF) was developed by Hakanson [<xref rid="B22" ref-type="bibr">45</xref>] and had been widely used in trace metals studies of sediments and soils [<xref rid="B37" ref-type="bibr">46</xref>].</p></sec><sec id="sec2.5.2"><title>2.5.2. Geoaccumulation Index (<italic>I</italic><sub>geo</sub>)</title><p>The geoaccumulation index (<italic>I</italic><sub>geo</sub>) was introduced by Müller [<xref rid="B42" ref-type="bibr">47</xref>] to quantify trace metal pollution levels in the study area. The index can be calculated by the following expression:<disp-formula id="EEq2"><label>(2)</label><mml:math id="M2"><mml:mtable style="T1"><mml:mtr><mml:mtd><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>I</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>geo</mml:mtext></mml:mrow></mml:msub><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">log</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn mathvariant="normal">2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow><mml:mo></mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mfenced separators="|"><mml:mrow><mml:mspace height="13.36397pt" depth="9.55399pt"></mml:mspace><mml:mfrac><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>C</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>n</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn mathvariant="normal">1.5</mml:mn><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>B</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>n</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:mfrac><mml:mspace height="13.36397pt" depth="9.55399pt"></mml:mspace></mml:mrow></mml:mfenced></mml:mrow></mml:mrow><mml:mo>,</mml:mo></mml:mtd></mml:mtr></mml:mtable></mml:math></disp-formula>where <italic>C</italic><sub><italic>n</italic></sub> is the measured concentration of trace metal in the mangrove sediment and <italic>B</italic><sub><italic>n</italic></sub> is the geochemical background value in average shale. Because there is no background value of metal in the sediment from the study area, the geoaccumulation index was calculated using the values of the earth's crust [<xref rid="B35" ref-type="bibr">48</xref>].</p></sec><sec id="sec2.5.3"><title>2.5.3. Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factor</title><p>To estimate the proportion in which metal occurs in the organism and in associated sediment, biota-sediment accumulation factors (BSAFs) were calculated for selected metal in the molluscs studied by the following expression:<disp-formula id="EEq3"><label>(3)</label><mml:math id="M3"><mml:mtable style="T1"><mml:mtr><mml:mtd><mml:mtext>BSAF</mml:mtext><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mfrac><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>C</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>x</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>C</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:mfrac><mml:mo>,</mml:mo></mml:mtd></mml:mtr></mml:mtable></mml:math></disp-formula>where <italic>C</italic><sub><italic>x</italic></sub> is the mean concentrations of metals in the organism, <italic>C</italic><sub><italic>s</italic></sub> is the mean concentrations of metals in associated sediment [<xref rid="B60" ref-type="bibr">49</xref>, <xref rid="B63" ref-type="bibr">50</xref>].</p></sec></sec><sec id="sec2.6"><title>2.6. Statistical Analysis</title><p>Pearson correlation analysis, cluster analysis, and principal component analysis were conducted using SPSS® for Windows Release 21.0 (SPSS Inc., US). Pearson correlation analysis and cluster analysis were applied to examine the relationship among trace metals in the surface sediment. The general characteristics of the ZMNNR sediments were further analyzed using PCA methods to determine the degree of pollution by trace metals from natural (lithogenic) action and anthropogenic sources [<xref rid="B15" ref-type="bibr">51</xref>–<xref rid="B68" ref-type="bibr">53</xref>].</p></sec></sec><sec id="sec3"><title>3. Results</title><sec id="sec3.1"><title>3.1. Trace Metals in the Surface Sediments</title><p>Major sediment characteristics are shown in <xref ref-type="table" rid="tab1">Table 1</xref>, which presents the granulometry, the content of water (CW), and pH in surface sediments from ZMNNR. The result indicated that the sediment mainly consists of silt and clay-type soil, which account for an average 29.77% and 58.18%, respectively. Sand contents were low (average is 11.84%) except in DS03 and DS07 (74.78% and 45.8%, resp.). Water content in sediments varied from 33.05% to 52.2%, with a mean of 42.92%, and pH ranged from 5.99 to 8.26, with a mean of 7.53.</p><p>The concentrations of seven common trace metals (Cu, Cd, Pb, Cr, Zn, As, and Hg) in the sediments from ZMNNR are listed in <xref ref-type="table" rid="tab1">Table 1</xref>. The ranges of Cu, Cd, Pb, Cr, Zn, As, and Hg were 10.79–26.66 mg/kg (21.20 mg/kg in avg.), 0.03–0.19 mg/kg (0.07 mg/kg in avg.), 36.71–59.86 mg/kg (44.02 mg/kg in avg.), 9.67–134.51 mg/kg (30.43 mg/kg in avg.), 119.69–157.84 mg/kg (137.63 mg/kg in avg.), 15.65–31.60 mg/kg (25.07 mg/kg in avg.), and 0.00–0.08 mg/kg (0.02 mg/kg in avg.). The mean concentrations of all trace metals in the surface sediments of the ZMNNR were much higher than their respective background levels (<xref ref-type="table" rid="tab2">Table 2</xref>), and in particular those of Cu and Zn were four times higher than the background levels. This exceeding of trace metals in the sediments from Zhangjiang River Estuary was also reported by Xie et al. [<xref rid="B67" ref-type="bibr">33</xref>].</p><p>Furthermore, spatial distributions of trace metals are shown in Figures <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">2</xref> and <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">3</xref>. Higher concentrations of trace metals are generally found in the fine-grained sediments in the western coastal region of Zhangjiang River Estuary.</p></sec><sec id="sec3.2"><title>3.2. Trace Metals Concentrations in Biota</title><p>The concentration ranges of different metals in the organism were various. The overall trend of the accumulated degree of trace metals in the samples was as follows: Zn > Cu > As > Cr > Pb > Cd > Hg. Concentrations of four trace metals in the organisms from the study area (<xref ref-type="table" rid="tab3">Table 3</xref>) varied within 1.69~155.99 mg/kg for Cu, 17.88–105.34 mg/kg for Zn, 0.45–1.59 mg/kg for Pb, 0.23–12.35 mg/kg for Cr, 2.20–53.98 mg/kg for As, and 0.01–0.02 mg/kg for Hg. For Cu and Cd, the content of the<italic> UM</italic> sample is far higher than other creatures. For Pb, the concentration of the shell sample is more than the muscle sample. For Cr, the concentration in the<italic> BP</italic> shows the highest value of 12.35 mg/kg in<italic> BP</italic> liver.</p></sec></sec><sec id="sec4"><title>4. Discussion</title><sec id="sec4.1"><title>4.1. Influencing Factors on Trace Metals in Sediment</title><p>Grain size, CW, and pH are the most important factors which control the distribution of trace metals in sediments. Significant spatial variation was observed, with increased clay content in sediments of the mangrove intertidal zone and the Zhangjiang River areas. Clay mineral and organic matter are the active components in the adsorption process, which is an important way for trace metals to enter into the sediment. Most of trace metals (Cu, Cd, Zn, and Hg) showed an obviously positive correlation with clay and silt contents with the correlation coefficients of 0.22–0.46 and 0.20–0.36 and negative correlation with sand content with the correlation coefficients from 0.08 for Hg to 0.45 for Zn. They indicated that Cu, Zn, Cd, and Hg tended to accumulate in fine particles which might be a major carrier for transporting these metals from rivers to Zhangjiang River Estuary. On the other hand, as for pH, they were higher in the mudflat > forest, but no significant difference was found among different stations. DS06 in Zhangjiang River had the highest pH, while station C16 in the mangrove intertidal zone had the lowest pH. Low pH values are frequently observed in mangrove forest sediments compared to the vegetated mudflat sediments [<xref rid="B16" ref-type="bibr">54</xref>]. This is attributed to the microbial decomposition of mangrove litter and hydrolysis of tannin in mangrove plants which releases organic acids [<xref rid="B62" ref-type="bibr">55</xref>]. In addition, anthropogenic turbulence would influence the distribution pattern, especially in the southwestern and northwestern coastal region upstream of mangrove, which seems to be the contribution of metals from Zhangjiang River and wastewater discharge of Yunxiao County. Since the mangrove is located near the Zhangjiang River Estuary, trace metals are highly concentrated due to the convergence of several sewage-polluted tributaries.</p><p>When compared with historical records in the document published, the mean concentration of Cu, Cd, Pb, Cr, Hg, and Zn in the ZMNNR surface sediments decreased over the last decade, but the mean concentration of As increased (<xref ref-type="table" rid="tab2">Table 2</xref>). High As concentration might be attributed to the anthropogenic activities such as treatment of agricultural land with fertilizers and arsenical pesticides [<xref rid="B20" ref-type="bibr">56</xref>]. Attention should be paid when comparing the historical data on the concentrations of metal pollutants in sediments, because the differences in the pretreatment and analytical methods could cause errors. The same sampling and analytical methods were used in 2007 and 2013 surveys (<xref ref-type="table" rid="tab2">Table 2</xref>). The results showed a decrease in the concentration of Pb, Cr, Cd, and Hg in the ZMNNR sediments. The concentrations of As, Cu, and Zn in the ZMNNR surface sediments decreased from 2007 to 2013.</p></sec><sec id="sec4.2"><title>4.2. Assessment of Sediment Quality</title><p>Compared with the Interim Sediment Quality Guidelines (ISQG), the average concentrations of these trace metals were over the ISQG-low value, but below the ISQG-high value [<xref rid="B3" ref-type="bibr">37</xref>]. The extent of metal pollution was accurately quantified using the pollution load index (PLI) and geoaccumulation index (<italic>I</italic><sub>geo</sub>). The pollution load index values of Cr, Cd, Zn, Cu, Pb, As, and Hg in all sediment samples are summarized in <xref ref-type="table" rid="tab4">Table 4</xref>. The pollution load index values of all sites range from 0.38 to 1.10. According to the mean PLI value (0.77), the sediments of Zhangjiang River Estuary are unpolluted. But in C15 and DS02 the PLI value is above 1, indicating there may be some transportation and industrial and human activities in these locations.</p><p>The <italic>I</italic><sub>geo</sub> values were listed in <xref ref-type="table" rid="tab5">Table 5</xref>. Among the studied metals, the <italic>I</italic><sub>geo</sub> values showed the decreasing order As > Pb > Zn > Cu > Cr > Cd > Hg. Owing to the Müller scale, the results of <italic>I</italic><sub>geo</sub> values indicated that Cd, Cu, Zn, and Hg showed an unpolluted situation at all stations (<italic>I</italic><sub>geo</sub> < 0). Cr showed less extent of pollution at stations C02 (<italic>I</italic><sub>geo</sub>, 0.29), and other stations showed an unpolluted situation (<italic>I</italic><sub>geo</sub> < 0). For Pb, stations C07 and DS02 showed values falling into the uncontaminated to moderately contaminated classes (<italic>I</italic><sub>geo</sub>, 0.61–1.32). For As, uncontaminated to moderately contaminated classes were showed at stations DS04 and DS07 (<italic>I</italic><sub>geo</sub>, 0.4–1.42). The results suggested that station C02 was polluted by more trace metals than other stations.</p><p>The ecosystem in this study, which covered a wide range of perturbations, from industrial activities to agriculture, fisheries, and transport, held higher Pb, Zn, and As content than other mangrove sediments (<xref ref-type="table" rid="tab6">Table 6</xref>). It is noted that the concentration of Cu and Zn in Australia is very high in the mangroves and <italic>I</italic><sub>geo</sub> values must also be high. In contrast, the mangroves in Singapore and France are much less contaminated with trace metals, probably because of better management of anthropogenic sources. Within Asia, the sediment in Zhangjiang mangrove zone is more contaminated with Pb and As than the other cities in China like Pearl River, Hong Kong, and Zhanjiang, likely owing to the rapid socioeconomic development in the region of the ZMNNR.</p></sec><sec id="sec4.3"><title>4.3. Sources of Trace Metals in Mangrove Sediment</title><p>In order to obtain the possible metal sources of ZMNNR sediment, multivariate statistical analyses were carried out. According to the values of the Pearson correlation coefficients (<xref ref-type="table" rid="tab7">Table 7</xref>), many trace metals are significantly correlated (<italic>p</italic> < 0.05). In this study, the Pearson matrix shows the significantly positive correlation of Pb with Cu (<italic>r</italic> = 0.620) and indicates that these elements have the same source, most likely related to the anthropogenic activities in such a densely populated and agricultural area. Anthropogenic activities such as agricultures are the possible causes; for example, manufacturing fertilizers bring about metals and improve the accumulation and capacity of holding them [<xref rid="B39" ref-type="bibr">57</xref>]. Significant correlations between Cr and Zn (<italic>r</italic> = 0.565) indicate that these elements are also derived from the same source.</p><p>Cluster analysis (CA) is a method that is used to provide important information about the grouping of variables on the basis of similarity [<xref rid="B29" ref-type="bibr">58</xref>]. It was performed on the data using the Ward method and squared Euclidean distance and grouped into two clusters. It produced a dendrogram as shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig4">Figure 4</xref>. Cluster 1 includes Cd and Hg, which are supposed as contaminants derived from industrial sources. Cluster 2 contains Cu, As, Cr, and Pb which are identified as intensive agricultural activities.</p><p>To further explore the extent of metal pollution and for source identification, principal component analysis (PCA) was performed for the studied sediments. And varimax rotation method was used to maximize the sum of the variances of the factor coefficients which better explained the possible sources. The results of PCA for trace metals contents are listed in <xref ref-type="table" rid="tab8">Table 8</xref>. According to these results, Hg, Cd, Pb, Cr, Cu, Zn, and As concentrations could be grouped into a three-component model, which accounted for 72.61% of all of the data variation.</p><p>In detail, the principal component 1 (PC1) which has high loading of Cu (0.84), Pb (0.78), and As (0.78) accounts for 28.27% of variance (<xref ref-type="table" rid="tab8">Table 8</xref>) and is the most important component. PC1 could be better explained as the agriculture factor. For irrigation purpose, the farmers often use the mine drainage water and chemical fertilizer that often release some ions in the soil [<xref rid="B9" ref-type="bibr">59</xref>]. PC2, which has high loading of Cr (0.87) and Zn (0.86) accounts for 24.23% of the variance. It was in accordance with the results of the correlation analysis (<xref ref-type="table" rid="tab8">Table 8</xref>). These results implied that these metals could be originated from natural source. Xie et al. [<xref rid="B67" ref-type="bibr">33</xref>] found that the concentrations of Zn and Cr in ZMNNR sediment were not in evidence with the surrounding human activities. Zn and Cr mainly derived from parent rocks and their distribution patterns may depend on local hydrodynamic conditions [<xref rid="B25" ref-type="bibr">60</xref>]. The loading of Cd (0.85) and Hg (0.75) accounts for 20.11% of the variance, where PC3 can be considered as industry component. Pigments, electroplating, and metal industries were probably the major sources of these elements [<xref rid="B33" ref-type="bibr">61</xref>].</p></sec><sec id="sec4.4"><title>4.4. Comparison of Trace Metals Levels in Tissues</title><p>In order to evaluate the efficiency of trace metals bioaccumulation by<italic> Siliqua minima </italic>(<italic>SM</italic>), the biota-sediment factor, defined as the ratio between metals degrees in molluscs and sediment, respectively [<xref rid="B60" ref-type="bibr">49</xref>], has been computed for both species (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig5">Figure 5</xref>). Cd is the metal which records the highest BSAF values and Pb is the metal with the lowest one.<italic> Uca maracoani</italic> (<italic>UM</italic>) has the highest BSAF mean for all metals except Cr, As, and Hg (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig5">Figure 5</xref>).</p><p>Relative differences in the concentrations of the metals between muscle and liver are apparent, where metal concentrations were between 1 and 5 times higher in<italic> Boleophthalmus pectinirostris</italic>. The reason may be their physiological roles in fish metabolism. As shown in <xref ref-type="table" rid="tab3">Table 3</xref>, the target tissues of trace metals are metabolically active ones, like the liver, kidney, and gill. Therefore, in contrast to some other tissues like the muscle, where metabolic activity is relatively low, metal accumulation in these tissues records higher level [<xref rid="B50" ref-type="bibr">62</xref>–<xref rid="B51" ref-type="bibr">64</xref>].<italic> SM</italic>, a kind of mussel, is considered as excellent indicators of metal bioavailability in the environment, as the concentrations in its tissues were related to the Bakun upwelling index [<xref rid="B54" ref-type="bibr">65</xref>].</p><p>Concentrations of Zn and Cu in the tissue of the benthos were higher than those of other metals. The reason may be that Zn and Cu are essential metals for aquatic organisms and thus subject to active absorption in marine organisms [<xref rid="B46" ref-type="bibr">66</xref>]. Variations in the concentration of Cu showed a highest level of accumulation in<italic> UM</italic>, whereas concentrations of other metals are appreciably low. Cu is essential for crustaceans, because it can participate in the respiratory pigment hemocyanin [<xref rid="B26" ref-type="bibr">67</xref>]. The concentrations of As are of great concern with regard to its richness in the organisms. Cr is an essential trace element in organisms and plays a very important role (in its biologically usable form) during the metabolic processing of glucose [<xref rid="B56" ref-type="bibr">68</xref>]. Compared with Zn and Cu, the quantity of Cr demanded for the organisms is low, and thus the levels of Cr in the organisms are relatively lower than those of Zn and Cu. Cd, Hg, and Pb are not essential for organisms and have toxic effects at low concentration [<xref rid="B21" ref-type="bibr">69</xref>, <xref rid="B27" ref-type="bibr">70</xref>].</p><p>Zn and Cd are the elements that have previously attracted much attention in the ZMNNR, because the concentration often can be related to the intense upwelling of sea water characteristic of the area [<xref rid="B14" ref-type="bibr">20</xref>, <xref rid="B7" ref-type="bibr">71</xref>]. The cadmium represents concentrations constantly higher (around 0.29 mg/kg, dry weight) than expected or observed at comparable locations. The highest concentration of Zn was measured in muscle of<italic> SM</italic>. It is worth studying the source of the Cd and Zn enrichment in fish and mussels, respectively. Although industrial pollution, like lead-acid battery factory and chemical industry effluents, can increase the level of contaminant, the possibility of the strong upwelling bringing high levels of Cd and Zn cannot be excluded. Indeed, such a phenomenon has been explicated in the previous study [<xref rid="B40" ref-type="bibr">72</xref>].</p></sec></sec><sec id="sec5"><title>5. Conclusions</title><p>We collected the sediment and biota samples in Zhangjiangkou Mangrove National Nature Reserve and conducted the experiment in Marine Organic Chemistry Lab in Xiamen University, Xiamen. The ranges of measured concentrations expressed in mg/kg were the following: 10.79–26.66 mg/kg for Cu, 0.03–0.19 mg/kg for Cd, 36.71–59.86 mg/kg for Pb, 9.67–134.51 mg/kg for Cr, 119.69–157.84 mg/kg for Zn, 15.65–31.6 mg/kg for As, and 0.00–0.08 mg/kg for Hg. Higher concentrations of trace metals are generally found in the fine-grained sediments in the western coastal region of Zhangjiang River Estuary. The results showed a decrease in the concentration of Pb, Cr, Cd, and Hg and increase in the concentration of As, Cu, and Zn from 2007 to 2013 in the ZMNNR sediments. For biota, the overall trend of the degree of accumulation of trace metals in the samples was as follows: Zn > Cu > As > Cr > Pb > Cd > Hg. Moreover, according to data from this study,<italic> Uca maracoani </italic>(<italic>UM</italic>) seems to have a greater bioaccumulation capacity than other species for all the metals (Cu, Pb, Cd, and Zn) considered except Cr. Correlation analysis and PCA illustrated that trace metals (Hg, Cd, Pb, Cr, Cu, Zn, As, and Hg) may derive from metal processing, electroplating industries, industrial and agricultural wastewater, and domestic sewage. And compared to other mangroves all over the world, Pb, Zn, and As are highly enriched in this ecosystem. According to the mean PLI value (0.77), the sediments of Zhangjiang River Estuary are unpolluted except C15 and DS02 station. Owing to the Müller scale, the results of <italic>I</italic><sub>geo</sub> values indicated that Cd, Cu, Zn, and Hg showed an unpolluted situation at all stations and that Pb, Cr, and As show polluted situation in some station.</p></sec></body><back><ack><title>Acknowledgments</title><p>This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40776040, 41576180), the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, China (2012J05078, 2014J06014), Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Fujian Province University, and the Marine Science Base Project for Scientific Research Training and Capacity Enhancement—Xiamen University, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (J1210050). The authors also thank Administrative Bureau of Zhangjiangkou Mangrove National Nature Reserve, Fujian. 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1</label><caption><p>Physicochemical parameters and trace metals concentrations (mg/kg) in surface sediments from ZMNNR.</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th rowspan="2" align="left" colspan="1">Stat.</th><th rowspan="2" align="center" colspan="1">Clay (%)</th><th rowspan="2" align="center" colspan="1">Silt (%)</th><th rowspan="2" align="center" colspan="1">Sand (%)</th><th rowspan="2" align="center" colspan="1">pH</th><th rowspan="2" align="center" colspan="1">CW (%)</th><th colspan="7" align="center" rowspan="1">Trace metals (mg/kg)</th></tr><tr><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cu</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cd</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Pb</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cr</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Zn</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">As</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Hg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C01</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.93</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24.96</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.09</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">36.98</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">27.53</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">135.18</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">31.48</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">63.30</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.22</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.86</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">44.28</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22.78</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.08</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">42.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">134.51</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">157.84</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24.03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">32.52</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">63.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4.35</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.77</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">40.86</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21.44</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.09</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">47.93</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">42.30</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">155.98</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24.43</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.03</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">31.14</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">66.18</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.68</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6.98</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">40.17</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">23.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">42.49</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">45.03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">145.79</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24.89</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.01</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">30.63</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">66.57</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.80</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.48</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.53</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22.85</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">50.22</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">52.55</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">149.81</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">25.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.04</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">28.54</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">67.57</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.89</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.69</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">42.79</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">19.68</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">36.80</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22.07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">120.55</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22.99</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.00</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">32.17</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">64.30</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.53</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">41.33</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21.86</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">36.71</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">32.39</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">134.18</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">23.74</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C08</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">31.92</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">65.27</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.81</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.97</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.21</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22.43</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">41.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">139.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">28.17</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C09</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">30.71</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">65.22</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4.07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.12</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">44.76</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21.30</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.49</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">34.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">144.36</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22.16</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.01</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C10</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">31.66</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">63.02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.08</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">41.07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24.54</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">48.11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">27.73</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">141.06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">23.24</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.01</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">31.94</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">63.98</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4.08</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6.95</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">44.96</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">23.84</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.66</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26.72</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">136.33</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">25.47</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.00</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C12</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">32.04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">63.23</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4.73</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.23</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">41.03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24.68</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">41.96</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">23.12</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">129.73</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22.91</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">33.67</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">62.90</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.43</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.68</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">49.53</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">17.14</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">46.61</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22.93</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">140.63</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">27.17</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.00</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C14</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">31.67</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">65.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.33</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.72</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.94</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22.57</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.79</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">30.98</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">127.58</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24.53</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.03</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">36.33</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">63.49</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.18</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.23</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">40.75</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21.02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.18</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">41.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">25.60</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">134.03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">25.99</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.08</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C16</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">31.48</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">63.30</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.22</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.99</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">49.40</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21.02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">42.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26.59</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">150.81</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">23.01</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.01</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C17</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">32.52</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">63.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4.35</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6.97</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26.73</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">40.48</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">34.44</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">150.24</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26.16</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.01</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS01</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">32.75</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">66.87</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.38</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.45</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">52.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21.72</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.09</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">46.27</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">27.81</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">146.22</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26.88</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">35.29</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">59.31</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.40</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.31</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">41.77</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26.66</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">59.86</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">14.42</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">141.49</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26.15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.07</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8.98</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">16.24</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">74.78</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.88</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">33.05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">19.68</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">55.31</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">19.63</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">119.69</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">29.27</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">28.31</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">61.37</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8.22</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">46.84</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10.79</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">40.84</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">29.83</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">136.76</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">15.65</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.01</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">49.58</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24.10</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8.11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">44.61</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">16.64</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.08</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">36.86</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">16.61</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">124.14</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">19.76</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.01</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21.57</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">50.03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">28.40</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8.26</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">40.12</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">18.19</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">40.84</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">18.52</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">124.71</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22.51</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.04</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">18.79</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">15.41</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">45.80</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.97</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">36.39</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21.37</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.19</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">43.97</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.67</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">139.77</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">31.60</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.01</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS08</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">32.63</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">59.16</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8.21</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.81</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">44.96</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">18.48</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">56.17</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26.60</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">133.46</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24.39</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.05</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS09</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26.02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">46.93</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26.95</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.80</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">44.46</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">19.96</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">45.38</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">13.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">122.27</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">28.72</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS10</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">28.18</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">50.07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21.75</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8.11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.98</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">18.05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">40.66</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">13.01</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">141.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">25.78</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">32.08</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">61.98</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.94</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">48.61</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">19.96</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">48.51</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">12.88</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">133.89</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">27.83</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.03</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS12</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">32.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">62.53</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.27</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.12</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">47.38</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21.44</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">48.47</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">32.66</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">134.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">28.09</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.01</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="13" rowspan="1"><hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Mean</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">29.77</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">58.18</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">11.33</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.53</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">42.93</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">44.02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">30.43</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">137.63</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">25.07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn><p>“—”: no detected.</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><table-wrap id="tab2" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Table 2</label><caption><p>Summary of trace metals concentrations in surface sediments of the ZMNNR.</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </th><th rowspan="2" align="center" colspan="1">Time of sampling</th><th rowspan="2" align="center" colspan="1">Number of samplings</th><th colspan="7" align="center" rowspan="1">Concentrations (mg/kg)</th></tr><tr><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Cu</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cd</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Pb</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cr</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Zn</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">As</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Hg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2" align="left" colspan="1">This study</td><td rowspan="2" align="center" colspan="1">2013</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">17<sup>a</sup></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21.47 ± 2.23</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.064 ± 0.034</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">41.97 ± 4.09</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.11 ± 26.26</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">140.78 ± 10.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24.73 ± 1.67</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.019 ± 0.019</td></tr><tr><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">12<sup>b</sup></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">19.41 ± 3.73</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.076 ± 0.046</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">46.93 ± 7.10</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">19.55 ± 7.74</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">133.16 ± 8.61</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">25.55 ± 4.44</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.026 ± 0.019</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Previous survey</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2007</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">17</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21.04 ± 6.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.336 ± 0.055</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">63.20 ± 3.04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">61.50 ± 18.03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">127.65 ± 4.74</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">14.29 ± 1.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.034 ± 0.026</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3" align="left" colspan="1"> Jingchun et al., 2010 [<xref rid="B34" ref-type="bibr">35</xref>]</td><td rowspan="3" align="center" colspan="1">2004</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7<sup>c</sup></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">30.28 ± 4.70</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.21 ± 0.03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">53.91 ± 4.83</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">127.51 ± 13.92</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td></tr><tr><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7<sup>d</sup></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">28.79 ± 5.59</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.30 ± 0.01</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">62.81 ± 9.44</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">143.96 ± 12.37</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td></tr><tr><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7<sup>e</sup></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">36.42 ± 5.74</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.36 ± 0.08</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">70.09 ± 3.96</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">159.56 ± 9.88</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Background<sup>f</sup></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.40</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">16.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">33.90</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">ISQG low</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">65</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.5</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">50</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">80</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">200</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">ISQG high</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">270</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">218</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">370</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">410</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">70</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">100</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn><p>Data are means ± standard deviation of sites.</p></fn><fn><p>ISQG, Interim Sediment Quality Guidelines. The guidelines define the ISQG-high and ISQG-low values, which represent the lower 10th percentile and 50th percentile of chemical concentrations associated with adverse biological effects, based on the results of sediment toxicity testing [<xref rid="B3" ref-type="bibr">37</xref>].</p></fn><fn><p><sup>a</sup>The sampling sites in the intertidal zone.</p></fn><fn><p><sup>b</sup>The sampling sites in the subtidal zone.</p></fn><fn><p><sup>c</sup>The sampling sites in the mudflat.</p></fn><fn><p><sup>d</sup>The sampling sites in the forest edge.</p></fn><fn><p><sup>e</sup>The sampling sites in the forest.</p></fn><fn><p><sup>f</sup>The background levels of trace metals obtained from a subsample of 41 surface sediments in a location in continental shelf area of south Taiwan Strait.</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><table-wrap id="tab3" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Table 3</label><caption><p>Trace metals concentrations (mg/kg) in <italic>Boleophthalmus pectinirostris</italic> (<italic>BP</italic>), <italic>Siliqua minima</italic> (<italic>SM</italic>), and <italic>Uca maracoani</italic> (<italic>UM</italic>).</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Biota</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cu</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Zn</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Pb</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cr</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cd</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">As</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Hg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>BP</italic> (muscle)</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.69 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">36.88 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.45 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10.68 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.29</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>BP</italic> (liver)</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.34 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">105.34</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.95 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">12.35 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.14 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.40</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>SM</italic> (shell)</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.72 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">17.88 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.59 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.23 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">53.98</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>SM</italic> (muscle)</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.56 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">101.45 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.45 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.14 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.29 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">43.98</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>UM</italic></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">115.99 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">87.50 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.50 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.72 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.62 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">17.65</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.01</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Sediment</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21.20 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">137.63 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">44.02 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">30.43 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.07 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">25.07 </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02 </td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn><p>“—”: no detected.</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><table-wrap id="tab4" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Table 4</label><caption><p>Contaminant factor (CF) and pollution load index (PLI) values of trace metals in sediments from Zhangjiang River Estuary mangrove zone.</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Station</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CF (Cu)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CF (Cd)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CF (Pb)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CF (Cr)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CF (Zn)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CF (As)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CF (Hg)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">PLI</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C01</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.78</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.45</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.31</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.39</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.33</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.83</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.71</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.40</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.65</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">—</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.24</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.94</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.67</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.45</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.60</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.23</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.09</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.38</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.96</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.72</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.66</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.63</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.75</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.71</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.14</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.74</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.18</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.50</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.94</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.62</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.30</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.31</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.95</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.91</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.38</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.68</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.30</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.29</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.46</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.01</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.78</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C08</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.70</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.58</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.55</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.10</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.57</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.82</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C09</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.67</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.47</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.48</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.14</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.81</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.70</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C10</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.77</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.30</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.01</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.39</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.94</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.73</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.75</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.48</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.38</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.22</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.72</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C12</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.77</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.62</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.33</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.90</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.74</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.54</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.91</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.44</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.85</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C14</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.71</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.42</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.44</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.38</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.80</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.66</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.90</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.58</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.36</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.29</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.10</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C16</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.66</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.30</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.65</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.37</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.19</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.91</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.70</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C17</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.84</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.53</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.49</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.18</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.31</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.72</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS01</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.68</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.45</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.89</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.39</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.40</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.86</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.83</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.55</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.74</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.31</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.88</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.02</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.62</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.30</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.46</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.28</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.94</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.71</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.77</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.34</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.55</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.55</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.42</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.08</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.98</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.66</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.52</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.40</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.30</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.23</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.98</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.50</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.62</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.57</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.55</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.26</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.98</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.85</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.50</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.70</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.67</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.95</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.75</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.14</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.10</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.75</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS08</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.58</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.51</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.37</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.09</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.63</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.81</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS09</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.62</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.35</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.84</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.18</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.96</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.64</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.72</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS10</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.56</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.54</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.18</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.26</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.65</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.62</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.18</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.52</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.38</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.72</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS12</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.67</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.30</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.46</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.56</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.75</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><table-wrap id="tab5" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Table 5</label><caption><p>Geoaccumulation index (<italic>I</italic><sub>geo</sub>) values of trace metals in sediments from Zhangjiangkou Mangrove National Nature Reserve.</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Station</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cu</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cd</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Pb</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cr</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Zn</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">As</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Hg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C01</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.94</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.74</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.62</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.95</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.49</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.08</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.91</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.82</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.29</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.27</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.16</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.74</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.33</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.29</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.00</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.58</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.82</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.24</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.39</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−3.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.91</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.35</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.09</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.29</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.58</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.62</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.27</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.66</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.96</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.61</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.72</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.51</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C08</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.10</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.58</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.78</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.44</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.45</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C09</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.17</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.58</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.72</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.64</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.40</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.90</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−3.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C10</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.97</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.94</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.43</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.97</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−3.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.01</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.91</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.72</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.99</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.48</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.10</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C12</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.96</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.58</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.81</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.55</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.95</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.49</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.91</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.96</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.22</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.44</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C14</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.09</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.58</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.69</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.78</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.58</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.00</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.19</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.74</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.78</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.51</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C16</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.19</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.82</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.34</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.96</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−3.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C17</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.84</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.91</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.75</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.63</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.34</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.14</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−3.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS01</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.14</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.74</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.95</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.94</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.38</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.18</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.85</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.45</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.88</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.43</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.14</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.78</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.29</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.44</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.67</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.30</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.45</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.77</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.84</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.48</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.40</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−3.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.53</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.91</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.62</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.68</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.62</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.74</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−3.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.40</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−3.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.77</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.52</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.61</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.93</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.17</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.66</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.87</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−3.46</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.45</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.42</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−3.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS08</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.38</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−3.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.23</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.51</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.04</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.26</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS09</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.27</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.10</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.92</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−3.03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.64</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.28</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS10</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.41</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.91</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.76</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−3.03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.43</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.12</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.27</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.91</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−3.05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.51</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.23</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.00</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">DS12</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.16</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.32</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.01</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.71</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.50</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.25</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−3.58</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="8" rowspan="1"><hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Mean</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−1.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.30</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.86</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.47</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−2.49</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn><p><italic>I</italic><sub>geo</sub> class: 0: none, 1: none to medium, 2: moderate, 3: moderate to strong, 4: strongly polluted, 5: strong to very strong, and 6: very strong.</p></fn><fn><p>“/”: no data.</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><table-wrap id="tab6" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Table 6</label><caption><p>Mean concentrations of trace metals in the sediment of the mangroves worldwide.</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Location</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cr (mg/kg)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cu (mg/kg)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Zn (mg/kg)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">As (mg/kg)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cd (mg/kg)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Hg (mg/kg)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Pb (mg/kg)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Reference</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Zhangjiang River Estuary, China </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">30.43</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21.20</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">133.16</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">25.07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">125.65</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">This study</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Pearl River Estuary, China</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">51.52</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.18</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">32.23</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">104.68</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">127.41</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Bai et al., 2011 [<xref rid="B5" ref-type="bibr">38</xref>]</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Yingluo Bay, China</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">16.9</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.16</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">32.8</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.12</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">49</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Li et al., 2008 [<xref rid="B31" ref-type="bibr">39</xref>]</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Mai Po mangrove swamp, HK</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">42.8</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.05</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">52.6</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22.4</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">149</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Liang and Wong, 2003 [<xref rid="B32" ref-type="bibr">40</xref>]</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Vellar Estuary, India</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">16.28</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.98</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.44</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.28</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Palpandi and Kesavan, 2012 [<xref rid="B47" ref-type="bibr">22</xref>]</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Sungei Buloh Wetland, Singapore</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.18</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">12.3</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">16.6</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">51.2</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cuong and Obbard, 2006 [<xref rid="B17" ref-type="bibr">41</xref>]</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Port Klang, Malaysia</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24.89</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.46</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">96.02</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">60.19</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">72.2</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">63.2</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Sany et al., 2013 [<xref rid="B53" ref-type="bibr">42</xref>]</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Mangrove zone, French Guiana</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.28</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.51</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.41</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Marchand et al., 2006 [<xref rid="B38" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>]</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Sydney Estuary, Australia</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">42</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.59</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">95</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">31</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">156</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8.1</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Nath et al., 2014 [<xref rid="B44" ref-type="bibr">25</xref>]</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Estero Salado mangrove, Ecuador</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">161.69</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.97</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">45.24</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">54.4</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">390.19</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4.37</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Fernández-Cadena et al., 2014 [<xref rid="B19" ref-type="bibr">24</xref>]</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn><p>“/”: no data.</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><table-wrap id="tab7" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Table 7</label><caption><p>Pearson correlation coefficient matrix between the trace metals and major elements and fine particles in surface sediments of the ZMNNR (<italic>n</italic> = 29).</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cu</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cd</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Pb</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cr</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Zn</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">As</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Hg</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Clay</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Silt</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cd</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.055</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Pb</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>0.620</bold></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.313</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cr</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.203</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.060</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.040</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Zn</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>0.339</bold></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.085</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>0.396</bold></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>0.565</bold></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">As</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>0.410</bold></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.149</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>0.402</bold></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.146</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.001</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Hg</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.155</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>0.327</bold></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.223</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.042</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.022</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.098</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Clay</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.313</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.078</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.150</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.221</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>0.463</bold></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.199</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.219</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Silt</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.203</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>−0.363</bold></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.064</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>0.317</bold></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>0.362</bold></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>−0.424</bold></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.046</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>0.882</bold></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Sand</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.273</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.178</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.064</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.289</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>−0.457</bold></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.314</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.082</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>−0.959</bold></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>−0.957</bold></td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn><p>The bold numbers represent the significant coefficients at the level of <italic>p</italic> < 0.05.</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><table-wrap id="tab8" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Table 8</label><caption><p>Total variance explained and component matrices for the trace metals in surface sediments from the ZMNNR.</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th rowspan="2" align="left" colspan="1">Component</th><th colspan="3" align="center" rowspan="1"> Initial eigenvalues</th><th colspan="3" align="center" rowspan="1">Extraction sums of squared loading</th><th colspan="3" align="center" rowspan="1">Rotation sums of squared loading</th></tr><tr><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Total</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">% of variance</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cumulative%</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Total</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">% of variance</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cumulative%</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Total</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">% of variance</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cumulative%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.33</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">33.27</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">33.27</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.33</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">33.27</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">33.27</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.98</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">28.27</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">28.27</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.60</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22.89</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">56.15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.60</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22.89</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">56.15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.70</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24.23</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">52.50</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">16.45</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">72.61</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">16.45</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">72.61</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.41</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">20.11</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">72.61</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.76</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10.80</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">83.40</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.56</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.97</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">91.37</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.38</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.38</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">96.75</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.23</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.26</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">100.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="10" rowspan="1"><hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" align="left" colspan="1">Elements</td><td colspan="3" align="center" rowspan="1"> Component matrix</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td colspan="3" align="center" rowspan="1"> Rotated component matrix<sup>a</sup></td></tr><tr><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">F1</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">F2</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">F3</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">F1</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">F2</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">F3</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="10" rowspan="1"><hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cu</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.79</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.38</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.84</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.28</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.04</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cd</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.36</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.41</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.65</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.06</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.00</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.85</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Pb</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.86</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.15</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.78</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.22</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.33</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cr</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.29</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.80</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.24</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.07</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.87</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.08</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Zn</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.57</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.65</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.19</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.22</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.86</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.06</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">As</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.55</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.43</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.44</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.78</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.27</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.05</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Hg</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.33</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.41</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.55</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.09</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">−0.03</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.75</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn><p>Extraction method: principal component analysis.</p></fn><fn><p>Rotation method: varimax with Kaiser 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