Human-induced sediment degradation of Burullus lagoon, Nile Delta, Egypt: Heavy metals pollution status and potential ecological risk

Autor: Said A. Shetaia, Atef M. Abu Khatita, Nabil A. Abdelhafez, Ibrahim M. Shaker, Sameh B. El Kafrawy
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Marine pollution bulletin. 178
ISSN: 1879-3363
Popis: Heavy metals contamination level and their ecological risk of the Burullus lagoon were estimated using four cores and twelve surficial sediment samples. The distributions maps of Fe, Mn, Zn, Hg, Cu, and Pb indicate an increase toward drains areas, whereas Cd rises toward the Boughaz El-Burullus. The geoaccumulation index (I
Databáze: OpenAIRE