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Non–Negligible Ecological Risks of Urban Wetlands Caused by Cd and Hg on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China
Summary
Researchers assessed heavy metal contamination in the Huangshui National Wetland Park on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, finding that cadmium and mercury pose non-negligible ecological risks across the urban wetland's three zones.
The Huangshui National Wetland Park (HNWP) is a unique national wetland park in a city on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, containing three zones: Haihu, Beichuan, and Ninghu. In this study, a total of 54 soil samples (18 sampling points with depths of 0-10 cm, 10-20 cm, and 20-30 cm) were collected in these three zones, and the contents of heavy metals (Cr, Cd, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Zn, and As) of each sample were determined. The ecological risk of eight kinds of heavy metals was evaluated by using the geo-accumulation index (Igeo), and the ecological risk-controlling effect of the Xining urban wetlands on heavy metals was explored by comparative analysis, and the possible sources of heavy metals in the soil were analyzed via correlation analysis and principal component analysis (PCA). The results revealed that the total heavy metal concentration order was Haihu > Beichuan > Ninghu zone. As and Cu presented vertical accumulation characteristics in the surface and lower horizon, respectively. Cr, Cd, Hg, Ni, Pb, and Zn accumulated downwards along the depth. On the spatial scale, the enrichments of Cd and Hg brought non-negligible ecological risks in plateau urban wetlands. The results of PCA indicated that soil heavy metals mainly came from compound sources of domestic and atmospheric influences, traffic pollution sources, and industrial pollution sources. The study has revealed that human activities have inevitable negative impacts on wetland ecosystems, while the HNWP provides a significant weakening effect on heavy metal pollution.
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