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A study of textural and accumulation heavy metals of sediments in mangrove ecosystem of Persian Gulf, South Iran

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Title A study of textural and accumulation heavy metals of sediments in mangrove ecosystem of Persian Gulf, South Iran
 
Creator ZareZadeh, Rezvan
Rezaee, Peyman
Lak, Razyeh
Masoodi, Mehdi
Ghorbani, Mansoor
 
Subject Persian Gulf
Sediment
Mangrove
Heavy metals
Textural
Accumulation
 
Description 78-85
Sediment samples this area were collected during December 2013 to April 2015. Seven heavy metal concentrations, grain size, organic carbon and carbonate contents were studied in order to assess the extent of distribution pollution and to discuss the origin of these contaminants in sediments. These sediments contain varieties of sediment types including sandy silt, silty sand and sandy. The mangrove area was characterized as poorly to extremely poorly sorted sediment environments. Sediments were identified as strongly fine skewed with very leptokurtic character. Contamination of sediments was assessed on basis of geoaccumulation index (Igeo), contamination factor (CF), Modified degree of contamination (mCd) and Pollution load index (PLI). Result of Contamination indices indicated that the sediments were uncontaminated with Pb, Zn, Cu and Fe, uncontaminated to moderately contamination with Cr and Ni, moderately to heavily contaminate with Cd in mangrove ecosystem in Hara Biosphere Reserve, Persian Gulf.
 
Date 2017-03-02T06:52:38Z
2017-03-02T06:52:38Z
2017-01
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/40616
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.46(01) [January 2017]