Although their ecological and socioeconomic importance has received recent attention,
mangrove ecosystems are one of the most threatened tropical environments. Besides direct …

Much progress has been made since the first published studies of tsunami deposits nearly
30 years ago. Geochemistry is now a much more widely used proxy in tsunami research …

Background The concentration of heavy metals and their spatial distribution in surface
sediments collected from the Thondi coast, Palk Bay, South India were analysed in this …

Mangroves are of great ecological importance and socio-economic significance as a hub for
tropical marine biotope. The mangroves are also one of the world's richest storehouses of …

Metal pollution in the marine coastline environment is an important topical issue in the
context of ecological disturbance and climate change. Heavy metal contaminations (Cd, Cr …

Surface sediments from the Hara Biosphere Reserve of the Persian Gulf were collected to
evaluate the contamination of metals including Pb, Cd, Ni and Fe. The sediment samples …

Spatial distribution of metal concentrations in the surface sediment samples collected from
16 marine locations covering different coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses …

In this study, total concentrations of 16 trace elements (Al, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As,
Cd, Sb, Hg, Pb, Th and U) in sediments of the rivers of the Sundarban mangrove forest, after …

Electronic waste (e-waste) has emerged as a global environmental problem because of its
massive production volume and un-structured management policy. Since the rate of e-waste …

The present study investigates the distribution of heavy metals (Fe, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Zn
and Pb) in the surface sediments along the Coromandel Coast of Bay of Bengal as an …