In tropical and subtropical latitudes, woody plants known as mangroves flourish in slimy, anaerobic soils on the boundary between land sea. They can withstand extreme weather conditions like high temperatures, unreliable tides, strong winds, salt. The objective of this study was to determine concentration nine trace elements (Hf, Ga, Ba, V, Cs, Sc, Sb, Ta, Co) sediment mangrove forest along wes...

eight selected heavy metals (cu, zn, pb, cd, cr, mn, fe and al) in surface and sub-surfacesediments in the northern coast of sfax (tunisia) were studied in order to assess the sediment quality and tohighlight the anthropogenic contributions to heavy metal distributions in the two study sediment levels.multiple chemometric approaches based on geographic information system (gis), enrichment facto...

Understanding the dynamics and spatial variation of subaquatic sediment contamination in Santos Estuarine System has been interest to scientific community environmental managers; hazardous contaminant compounds, either individually or synergistically, can affect health local community. In present study, water column salinity geochemical properties (calcium organic matter content, grain size) we...

Introduction: This study aimed to assess a good protocol for the contamination indexes, concentration, spatial analysis, and source identification of toxic metals in top soils. Materials and Methods: In the first step, samples were taken from top soil (30 cm) and the metals were extracted and detected with ICP-AES. In the second step, Enrichment Factor, Geoaccumulation Index, and Contamination...

ABSTRACT This study aims to evaluate potential ecological risks and heavy metal pollution in sewage sludge. For these purposes, domestic sludge samples were collected for a period of one year from wastewater treatment plant Bursa, Turkey analyzed metals. The average content the was wherein decreasing order Zn>Cu>Ni>Cr>Pb>As>Se>Cd. As whole, concentration metals below limit values indicated with...

The present study investigates the concentration of Pb, Cd, Ni, Zn, and Cu in the paddy field soils collected from Tumpat, Kelantan. Soil samples were treated with sequential extraction to distinguish the anthropogenic and lithogenic origin of Pb, Cd, Ni, Zn, and Cu. ELFE and oxidizable-organic fractions were detected as the lowest accumulation of Pb, Cd, Ni, Zn, and Cu. Therefore, all the heav...

Concentrations of the environmentally sensitive elements (ESEs) As, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, V and Zn in smaller than 100 μm street dust particles from Xining were measured using X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and their contamination levels were assessed based on enrichment factor (EF), geoaccumulation index (Igeo) and pollution load index (PLI). The concentrations of As, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, V and ...

Constructed wetlands are an affordable and reliable green alternative to conventional mechanical systems for treating domestic sewage. This study investigates the potential of 14 tropical wetland plant species removing heavy metals from sewage through bioconcentration factor (BCF), translocation (TF), enrichment (EF), geoaccumulation index (Igeo) using batch mesocosm studies. Plants with BCF &g...

Coastal aquatic ecosystems are environments increasingly affected by human activities due to urban discharges and their use as dumps. The objective of this study is determine the profiles metallic elements concentration (Al, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Pb) Cotonou channel sediments evaluate quality. For this, surface (0-5cm) were sampled at 13 sites along channel. Thus,Geoaccumulation I...

Heavy metal contamination around the National Iranian Lead and Zinc Company (NILZ) in Zanjan province was evaluated in this paper. Collected data were used to appraise the degree of soil contamination and also the source of pollution in the study area based on geoaccumulation index (Igeo), and enrichment factor (EF). The levels of Fe, Zn, Cd and Pb in the samples exceed those reported in litera...