Chemical-, site-, and taxa-dependent benthic community health in coastal areas of the Bohai Sea and northern Yellow Sea: A sediment quality triad approach

• Extended-sediment quality triad was applied to enhance typical benthic assessment. • Sediment toxicity might be over- or under-estimate chemical pollution and benthic health. • Meiofaunal abundance would be a good ecological indicator of pollution by arsenic. • Moderate to severe pollution evidenc...
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• Extended-sediment quality triad was applied to enhance typical benthic assessment. • Sediment toxicity might be over- or under-estimate chemical pollution and benthic health. • Meiofaunal abundance would be a good ecological indicator of pollution by arsenic. • Moderate to severe pollution evidenced in over half of the sampling locations. Ausführliche Beschreibung