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Environmental significance of heavy metals in leaves and stems of Kerala mangroves, SW coast of India

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Title Environmental significance of heavy metals in leaves and stems of Kerala mangroves, SW coast of India
 
Creator Badarudeen, A.
Sajan, K.
Srinivas, Reji
Maya, K.
Padmalal, D.
 
Subject Coastal sedimentary environments
Mangroves and mangrove associates
Heavy metals
Southwestern coast of India
 
Description 1027-1035
Out of the seven heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Co, Pb, Cd, Cu
and Zn) studied in the leaves and stems of mangroves and

mangrove associates of Veli (9 species), Kochi (5 species) and
Kannur (9 species) regions, Cerbera odollam, a typical mangrove
associate that spread in Veli, accounts for the highest contents of Mn and Cd.
Other plant species do not show any specific heavy metal enrichment pattern in
the coastal segments chosen for the present study. A comparative evaluation of
heavy metal contents in the vegetal parts (leaves and stems) with that of the
sediment substratum reveals that, almost all metals are concentrated in the
former than latter.
 
Date 2016-06-23T16:30:47Z
2016-06-23T16:30:47Z
2014-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/28973
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.43(6) [June 2014]