长江中上游表层沉积物重金属形态分布特征及风险评价

大坝蓄水显著改变了河流的水文情势，进而影响着河流沉积物的颗粒组成和重金属形态.2019年6～7月，从长江上游金沙江攀枝花市至长江中游湖口县，沿长江干流调查了26个断面，采用欧共体BCR 3步提取法分析了沉积物中8种重金属(As、 Cd、 Co、 Cr、 Cu、 Ni、 Pb和Zn)的含量及其赋存形态，并用重金属地累积指数法、沉积物质量基准法和风险评价编码法(RAC)对沉积物重金属污染程度和生物有效性进行风险评价.结果表明，长江上游库区段(金沙江梯级水库段和三峡库区段)从上游至下游沉积物的粒径均值呈减小趋势，沉积物As和Zn全量呈增加趋势，中游段变化规律不明显.沉积物黏粒含量与弱酸提取态Cd和Ni含量呈显著正相关.Cd以残渣态(59.26%)和弱酸提取态(24.67%)为主，Cr(92.41%)和Ni(83.41%)以残渣态为主，As、 Co、 Cu、 Pb和Zn以残渣态和可还原态为主.As、 Cd、 Co、 Cr、 Ni和Zn污染程度大小为：金沙江段>长江中游段>三峡库区段.Cd、 Co、 Cr、 Cu、 Ni和Zn的生物有效性(RAC均值)大小：上游三峡段>中游段&...

Spatial Distribution and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Surface Sediments from the Middle and Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River

The hydrological regime of rivers significantly changes after dam impoundment, which in turn affects the particle composition and heavy metal fractions of the river sediments. From June to July 2019, the sediments from 26 sampling sections were collected along the main stream of the Yangtze River from Panzhihua City in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to Hukou City in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The concentrations and fractions of As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn were measured using the BCR three-step extraction procedure. The pollution status and potential ecological risk of heavy metals in sediments were evaluated using the geo-accumulation index, the sediment quality guideline, and the risk assessment coding method (RAC). The results showed that the average particle size of sediments in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River (Jinsha River cascade reservoir section and the Three Gorges reservoir section) decreased from upstream to downstream, the total concentrations of As and Zn increased, and the variation trend in the middle reaches was not obvious. The content of clay particles was significantly positively correlated with the acid-soluble fraction concentrations of Cd and Ni. Cd was mainly in the residual fraction (59.26%) and acid-soluble fraction (24.67%). Large parts of Cr and Ni were residual fractions accounting for 92.41% and 83.41%, respectively. As, Co, Cu, Pb, and Zn were mainly in the residual fraction and the reducible fraction. The order of decrease for the pollution degree (I_geo) of As, Cd, Co, Cr, Ni, and Zn was the Jinsha River, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the Three Gorges Reservoir. The decrease order of bioavailability (RAC) of Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, and Zn was the Three Gorges Reservoir, the Jinsha River, and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The bioavailability of As and Pb decreased in the order of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the Three Gorges, and the Jinsha River. According to the classification of the RAC, Cd in the Three Gorges Reservoir area exhibited a high risk with the RAC accounting for 48.44%. Cu, Ni, and Zn showed a low or medium risk.