Spatial distribution and correlation characteristics of heavy metals in the seawater, suspended particulate matter and sediments in Zhanjiang Bay, China

• Jibiao Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jibiao Zhang, Fengxia Zhou

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China

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• Fengxia Zhou ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jibiao Zhang, Fengxia Zhou

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation College of Ocean and Meterology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China

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• Chunliang Chen,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China

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• Xingli Sun,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China

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• Yuzhen Shi ,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shiyzh1102@163.com

  Affiliation College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8313-9774

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• Hui Zhao,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Coastal Ocean Variation and Disaster Prediction Technologies, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China

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• Fajin Chen

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

  Affiliations College of Ocean and Meterology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Coastal Ocean Variation and Disaster Prediction Technologies, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China

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