Distribution of heavy metals in the coastal area of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates

Saeed Al Rashdi; Alya A. Arabi; Fares M. Howari; Abdi Siad

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.05.052

Distribution of heavy metals in the coastal area of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates

Saeed Al Rashdi, Alya A. Arabi, Fares M. Howari, Abdi Siad

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Abstract

Fifty-seven sediment samples were collected from Abu Dhabi coastal area, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The concentrations of heavy metals including antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, cobalt, copper, mercury, lead, molybdenum, nickel and zinc were obtained using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS) and X-ray fluorescence. Heavy metal contaminations in Abu Dhabi had increased since 2004. Nevertheless, the enrichment factors, geoaccumulation indices and the pollution load index of 0.3 showed no pollution with any of the measured metals except arsenic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	494-498
Number of pages	5
Journal	Marine Pollution Bulletin
Volume	97
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.05.052
Publication status	Published - Feb 10 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Abu Dhabi coastal area in the United Arab Emirates
Enrichment factor
Geoaccumulation index
Heavy metals contamination
Pollution load index
Sediments

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oceanography
Aquatic Science
Pollution

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Distribution of heavy metals in the coastal area of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates

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