FIGURE 1.
Location of sampling sites along the Gansu industrial reach of the Yellow River. Three categories are uncontaminated regions – Xincheng district (XC) and upstream of Xigu district (XGU), slightly contaminated regions - downstream of Xigu district (XGD) and the Liujiaxia reservoir (LJX) and heavily contaminated regions - Xigu district (XG) and Chengguan district (CG). The arrows indicated the flowing direction of the Yellow River.