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- Title
Assessment of some heavy metals in surface sediments of the Aqaba Gulf, Egypt.
- Authors
Youssef, Doaa H.; El-Said, Ghada F.
- Abstract
Aqaba Gulf is an economically important marine environment in Egypt. Its coastal area was subjected to anthropogenic impact of urbanization and economic development during the last decades. The study was oriented to investigate the distribution as well as assess the heavy metal pollution status (Fe, Mn, Zn, Ni, Co, Cr, Cu, and Cd) in its surface sediment. Large heavy metals fluctuations were detected along the studied area. The results pointed out to the highly significant correlations among Fe, Cu, Ni, and Co heavy metals and their similar lithogenic origin beside their input sources. The sediment quality was performed by using the geo-accumulation index ( I) and different sediment criteria guidelines; China State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision (CSBTS), and Canadian guidelines. Among the studied heavy metals, Cd was the only metal that showed moderate pollution for I as well as it exceeded the primary and the secondary criteria of CSBTS and the threshold effect level of the Canadian guidelines (TEL). On the other hand, the other heavy metals were within the natural background levels.
- Subjects
GULF of Aqaba; EGYPT; WATER pollution; MARINE sediments; MARINE pollution research; HEAVY metals
- Publication
Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, 2011, Vol 180, Issue 1-4, p229
- ISSN
0167-6369
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10661-010-1784-x