Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsThe Impact of Anthropogenic Activities Recorded By Mercury in the Sediment from Dianshan LakeHui Zhang, Nan Zhang, Qi Yang et al.The mercury in sediment cores from Dianshan Lake, Shanghai is studied in this study and it indicates that the mercury level changing from 52.78-145.66 µg kg-1 in sediment can be obviously divided into three sections responding to the development of economy of Shanghai. Mercury decreases with depth in 0-11 cm underground, which is corresponding to the depositing period after 1980; … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 4 · 4 Aug 2012 · 7,018 accessesView PDFCite