Ecological assessment of heavy metals in the grey mangrove (Avicennia marina) and associated sediments along the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia
Summary: Mangroves play an integral role as a metal accumulator in tropical and subtropical marine ecosystems. Twenty-one sets of sediment samples and portions of mangroves were collected along the Saudi Arabian coast of the Red Sea to assess the accumulation and ecological risks of heavy metals. Re...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-10-01
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| Series: | Oceanologia |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0078323418300605 |