Ecological risk assessment of polychlorinated biphenyl contamination in the Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• nature reserve 90%
• marsh 79%
• PCB 78%
• risk assessment 63%
• contamination 54%
• lipid 21%
• aquatic organism 17%
• body size 17%
• biota 15%
• sediment 11%
• fish 9%
• aquaculture 8%
• egg 7%
• muscle 7%
• bird 6%
• toxicity 6%
• tissue 5%
• hazard 5%
• organism 5%
• water 5%
• effect 1%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Polychlorinated biphenyls 88%
• Risk assessment 80%
• Contamination 79%
• Lipids 33%
• Sediments 30%
• Aquatic organisms 29%
• Biota 27%
• Fish 17%
• Aquaculture 11%
• Toxicity 9%
• Birds 9%
• Water 8%
• Muscle 7%
• Hazards 7%
• Tissue 6%

Chemical Compounds

• Risk Assessment 100%
• Polychlorobiphenyl 97%
• Lipid 28%