Supporting Information 1 2 3 Heavy metal and organic contaminants in mangrove ecosystems 4 of China: A review 5 6 Zai-Wang Zhanga,c · Xiang-Rong Xua,* · Yu-Xin Suna · Shen Yub · Yong-Shan Chenb · 7 Jia-Xi Penga,c 8 9 a Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea 10 Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China 11 b 12 Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China 13 c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China * Corresponding author. Tel: 86-20-89100753, Fax: 86-20-89100753. Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E-mail address: xuxr@scsio.ac.cn (X.R. Xu) 1 23 24 Table S1 Heavy metals concentrations (mean or range, mg/kg dw) in sediments from mangroves of China. Area Collection stations Cu Zn Guangdong Zhanjiang 14-23.5 35-69 Mn Cd Cr Ni Pb Hg As ND-0.05 20-68 27-60 27-68 0.04-0.18 2.8-16 Co References Han et al. (2008); Tang et al. (2008); Ding et al.(2009) ; Li et al. (2008); Vane et al. (2009); Ding et al. (2010) Taishan 30.9 80 Shantou 24-32 101-119 Shenzhen 11-93 82-252 537 0.12 19.9 67.7 0.16-0.18 33-39 17.8-19 60-74 0.14-2 8-81 18-63 29-133 19.2 Li et al. (2008) Zhou et al. (2011) 0.17-0.18 8.7-15 Zheng and Lin. (1996a); Zheng and Lin. (1996b); Zhang et al. (2001); Zan et al. (2002); Li et al. (2008); Ding et al. (2009); Vane et al. (2009); Zhuhai Hong Kong 78-84 162-229 0.5-82 12-282 13-50 47-97 20-430 0.4-3.2 108 62 39-73 Zhu et al. (2009); Zhang et al. (2011) 0.01-3.2 ND-125 ND-64 8-82 Tam and Wong. (2000); Chen et al. 0.08-0.45 18-363 27-134 18-27 (2003); Liang and Wong. (2003) Hainan Haikou 0.04-0.31 3-13 15 Li et al. (2008); Ding et al. (2009); Vane et al. (2009); Qiu et al. (2011) ; Zhao et al (2011) Sanya 5-12 26-53 0.09-0.13 9-12 Wenchang 21-27 39-89 0.17 31-109 Beihai 3-17.6 9-76 0.08-0.4 9-15 15-42 0.03-0.16 3.6-7 15-50 18-30 0.06-0.08 15-16 3-15 7-82 ND-0.36 <3-12 Li et al. (2008); Ding et al. (2009); Qiu et al. (2011a) Guangxi 89.5 6.7 Vane et al. (2009); Zhao et al. (2011) Zheng et al. (1995); He et al., (1996) ; Lai et al. (1998); Li et al. (2008); Ding et al. (2009); Vane et al. (2009) Fujian Fangchenggang 5.7 49 0.17 12.2 23.6 0.12 4.7 Li et al. (2008); Ding et al. (2009) Qinzhou 17.1 65 0.07 13.4 46.7 0.15 9.7 Li et al. (2008); Ding et al. (2009) Xiamen 37 194 95 0.12 14 Vane et al. (2009) Quanzhou 34 107 167 0.03-0.47 5.3 Li et al. (2008); Ding et al. (2009); Yu 56 0.06 18.6 26 et al. (2011) 25 26 2 27 28 Table S1 (continued) Area Collection stations Cu Zn Mn Cd Cr Ni Pb Hg As Fujian Zhangzhou 18-61 84-410 575-1026 0.04-5.4 4-60 11-17 31-180 0.04-0.44 7-10 Co References Zheng et al. (1996c); Wang et al. (1997)Liu et al. (2006); Xie et al. (2006); Li et al. (2008); Ding et al. (2009); Wang et al. (2009) Ningde 21.5-30 19-82 0.12-1.3 Taipei 5.6-25 13-61 ERL 34 150 1.2 ERM 270 410 20-22 52-77 0.26 7-10 Li et al. (2008); Ding et al. (2009); He et al. Tai wan 340 0.1-0.2 9.8 (2012) 2.1-6 12-22 Chiu and Chou (1991); Lai et al. 81 20.9 46.7 0.15 8.2 Long et al. (1995) 9.6 370 51.6 218 0.71 70 Long et al. (1995) (2010) Background values Guangdong 15.5 63 0.137 106 30 0.122 Qiao et al. (2009) Background values South China Sea 7.43 54.4 0.18 39.3 15.6 0.02 Zhang and Du (2005) Background values Pearl River Estuary 38.6 100.7 0.20 81.1 44 0.17 Gan et al. (2010) Background values Southern Taiwan Strait 5.6 33.1 291 0.03 8.8 29 3 16.5 4.3 Yang (1997) 30 31 Table S2 Species for which heavy metal concentrations have been reported in mangroves of China. Biota group Species Sipunculida Gastropoda Bivalve Sipunculus nudus, Phascolosoma esculenta Nerita sstriata, Littorina melanostoma, Cerithidea cingulata Dimacar tenebrica, Vignadula atrata, Modiolus flavidus, Ostrea crenulifera, Corbicula fluminea, Gelolna coaxans, Meretrix meretrix, Chione isabellina, Cyclina sinensis, Dosinia troscheli, Merisca diaphana, Siliqua minima, Laternulo nanhaiensis, Solen grandis, Fulvia mutica, Anomalocardia flexuosa, Barbatia oblique, Saccostrea cucullata Lingula anatine Scylla serrata, Mictyris longicarpus, Oratosquilla oratoria, Uca marionis, Sesarma dehaani, Palaemon carinicanda Acentrogobius ornatus, Liza carinata, L. macrolepis, Mugil cephalus, Boleophalmus pectinirostris, Hyporhamphus gernaerti, Anchoviella commerson, Acentrogobius viridipuncatus, Ambassis gymnocephalus, Oxyurichthys tentacularis, Glossoyobius olivaceus, G. giuris, Tilapia nilotlla, Siganus oramin, Thrissa vitirostris Brachipoda Crustacean Fish 32 4 33 34 References 35 Chen X, Tsang EPK, Chan ALW (2003) Heavy metals contents in sediments, 36 mangroves and bivalves from Ting Kok, Hong Kong. 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