Heavy metal contamination of the aquatic environment is of worldwide concern, due to the
toxicity of metals and their lethal effects on aquatic organisms. The investigation of heavy …

The environment pollutants, which are landed up in environment because of human
activities like urbanization, mining and industrializations, affects human health, plants and …

This article provides the assessment of heavy metal soil pollution with using the calculation
of various pollution indices and contains also summarization of the sources of heavy metal …

In this study, heavy metals contamination in surface sediments of northwest Persian Gulf
was investigated and a new index was formulated for assessing severity of heavy metal …

Concentrations of 13 heavy metals (Al, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cr, Co, Ni, V, As, Cd, Hg, Pb) in 360
reef surface sediments (0–5 cm) and coastal seawater samples from ten coral Islands in the …

Contamination of heavy metals in sediment is regarded as a major crisis globally, with a
large SHARE in developing countries, such as Bangladesh. The objective of this study is to …

The distribution, enrichment, and accumulation of heavy metals in the sediments, especially
those at the vicinity of tributary estuaries of Kaohsiung Harbor, Taiwan were investigated …

Coastal and estuarine ecosystems provide habitats for many organisms. Recently, the
estuaries and coastal areas of the East Coast of Bangladesh have become heavily …

Abstract Background and aim Mediterranean Sea, Egypt is an economically important
marine environment. During the last decades there has been extensive increase in the …

Heavy metal concentrations were investigated in water and sediments of Shadegan Wetland
southwest of Iran to assess the fate, partitioning, and risk assessment and also to quantify …