Temporal and spatial variations of heavy metal concentrations in sediments of the tainan coastal area, anping harbor and tainan canal, Southwestern Taiwan

Agriculture & Biology

• canals (waterways) 78%
• harbors (waterways) 72%
• spatial variation 63%
• temporal variation 62%
• Taiwan 58%
• sediments 54%
• heavy metals 52%
• dredging 48%
• metals 44%
• rivers 9%
• mouth 9%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• canal 54%
• harbor 52%
• coastal area 51%
• temporal variation 49%
• spatial variation 48%
• heavy metal 42%
• dredging 36%
• metal 35%
• sediment 28%
• grain size 18%
• coastal sediment 14%
• fishing 10%
• mud 10%
• coast 7%
• index 6%
• river 5%
• distribution 4%