Current water pollution status at an important wintering site of the black-faced spoonbill Platalea minor in Xinghua Bay, south China
R Jia,
G Zhang,
Z Yang
et al.
Abstract:Xinghua Bay is one of the largest wintering sites of the black-faced spoonbill Platalea minor in mainland China. The ecosystem of Xinghua Bay has shown a deteriorating trend with the increasing pressure of economic development in recent decades. To understand the current conservation status of the wintering spoonbills in Xinghua Bay, we collected water samples along the coast of Xinghua Bay and important spoonbill habitats during the wintering period to analyze the pollution degree of 7 target heavy metals and… Show more
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