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Heavy metals contamination of the Quaternary coral reefs, Red Sea coast, Egypt

verfasst von: Abdelbaset S. El-Sorogy, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Hamdy E. Nour

Erschienen in: Environmental Earth Sciences | Ausgabe 3/2012

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In order to assess pollutants and impact of environmental changes along the Egyptian Red Sea coast, seven recent and Pleistocene coral species have been analyzed for Zn, Pb, Mn, Fe, Cr, Co, Ni, and Cu. Results show that the concentration of trace elements in recent coral skeletons is higher than those of Pleistocene counterpart except for Mn and Ni. In comparison with recent worldwide reefs, the present values are less than those of Central America coast (iron), Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan (lead, copper), Gulf of Mannar, India (chromium, zinc, manganese), Costa Rica, Panama (chromium, nickel), North-west coast of Venezuela and Saudi Arabia (copper). The present values are higher than those of Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan (iron, zinc, manganese), Gulf of Mannar, India (lead, cobalt, nickel), North-west coast of Venezuela (lead, zinc, chromium, manganese), Australia (copper, nickel, zinc, manganese). The highest values were recorded in Stylophora pistillata (iron, lead and copper), Acropora cytherea (cobalt), Pocillopora verrucosa (zinc) and the lowest concentrations were recorded in Goniastrea pectinata (iron, chromium, copper and nickel), Favites pentagona (lead, zinc and manganese), and Porites lutea (cobalt). The differences in metals content among the studied species are attributed to differences in microstructure and microarchitecture.

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Titel: Heavy metals contamination of the Quaternary coral reefs, Red Sea coast, Egypt
verfasst von: Abdelbaset S. El-Sorogy
Mohamed A. Mohamed
Hamdy E. Nour
Publikationsdatum: 01.10.2012
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: Environmental Earth Sciences / Ausgabe 3/2012
Print ISSN: 1866-6280
Elektronische ISSN: 1866-6299
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-012-1535-0

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