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| Title: | Metal status of water in mangrove ecosystem of Maharashtra coast, India |
| Authors: | Pahalawattaarachchi, V.
Purushothaman, C. S.
Vennila, A. |
| Keywords: | Metals
Mangrove
Dissolved metals
Temporal and spatial variations
Distribution |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | Temporal and
spatial distribution of dissolved and total elements (Cu, Cd, Fe, Mn, Ni, Zn,
Cr, Pb and Hg) and physicochemical parameters of water courses in the vicinity
of three mangrove sites along the Maharashtra coast, India was studied. All the
metals showed pronounced temporal variations in overall averages except Pb. Average
concentrations of all the metals showed significant site-wise variations except
Cd and Mn. Inter-relations of physicochemical parameters and metal
concentrations were also observed. Contamination of toxic metals was found to
be high in the sites having the influence of human habitation as well as
industry. |
| Page(s): | 359-368 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print) |
| Source: | IJMS Vol.41(4) [August 2012]
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