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Ecological risk assessment of toxic organic pollutant and heavy metals in water and sediment from a landscape lake in Tian** City, China

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To estimate the ecological risk of toxic organic pollutant (formaldehyde) and heavy metals (mercury (Hg), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), and chromium (Cr)) in water and sediment from a landscape Lake in Tian** City, an ecological risk assessment was performed. The risk quotient (RQ) method and the AQUATOX model were used to assess the ecological risk of formaldehyde in landscape water. Meanwhile, the RQ method and the potential ecological risk index method were used to assess the ecological risk of four heavy metals in water and sediment from the studied landscape lake, respectively. The results revealed that the maximum concentration of formaldehyde in landscape water was lower than the environmental quality standards of surface water in China. The maximum simulated concentrations of formaldehyde in phytoplankton and invertebrates were 3.15 and 22.91 μg/L, respectively, which were far less than its toxicity data values (1000 and 510 μg/L, respectively), suggesting that formaldehyde in landscape water was at a safe level for aquatic organisms. The RQ model indicated that the risks of phytoplankton and invertebrates were higher than that of fish posed by Hg and Cd in landscape water, and the risks from As and Cr were acceptable for all test organisms. Cd is the most important pollution factor among all heavy metals in sediment from studied landscape lake, and the pollution factor sequence of heavy metals was Hg > As > Cr > Cd. The values of risk index (RI) for four heavy metals in samples a and b were 43.48 and 72.66, which were much lower than the threshold value (150), suggesting that the ecological risk posed by heavy metals in sediment was negligible.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51308305) and the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University.

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    Ying Zhang, Yuanyuan Liu & Shaopei **

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Zhang, Y., Liu, Y., Niu, Z. et al. Ecological risk assessment of toxic organic pollutant and heavy metals in water and sediment from a landscape lake in Tian** City, China. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 12301–12311 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-8906-8

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