Distribution and environmental geochemical indices of mercury in tar contaminated beaches along the coast of Qatar
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التاريخ
2022-02-01المؤلف
Elezz, Ahmed AbouCastillo, Azenith
Hassan, Hassan Mustafa
Alsaadi, Hamood Abdulla
Vethamony, Ponnumony
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The current study aimed to gauge total mercury (THg) concentration and the environmental geochemical indices in tarmat contaminated sediments and test their presence in targeted coastal species. Layers of hard asphalt-like tarmats and sediment samples were collected from 34 sites along the coast of Qatar. The mean concentration of THg in tarmat-sediment mixture is 89 ± 20 ng·g−1. THg concentration varies significantly between the northern and eastern coasts. Geographically, sampling area were divided into four zones according to the relative closeness with low to serious potential ecological risk index (Er), moderate pollution load index (PLI), moderate Geoaccumulation index (Igeo), and no toxic risk (TRI) trending as Northern (Zones 4, 3) > North-Eastern (Zone 1) > Western (Zone 2) coasts. Three biota classes (Gastropoda, Bivalvia, and Crustacea) were sampled on the tarmat which the hermit crab (Clibanarius signatus) from Ras Rakan island obtained the highest THg (977 ng·g−1) and BSAF (29.70).
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