Manuscript Title:

Assessment of heavy metal pollution in the water, sediment and fish during a complete breeding cycle in the pond of the Pearl River Delta, China

Authors:

Ben-Jian Mao^a, Zhi-Wei Huang^b, Fan-Tang Zeng^b, Hong-Wei Du^b, Huai-Yang Fang^b, Shu Lin^b, Yu-Yu Zhang^a, and Lei Shi^a,*

Addrees:

^aGuangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China

^bNational Key Laboratory of Water Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Water and Air Pollution Control, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People’s Republic of China, Guangzhou 510530, China

No. of Tables:

10

No. of Figures:

0

No. of Pages:

15