Spatial and Seasonal Variations of Heavy Metals in Water and Sediments at the Northern Red Sea Coast

Ahmed S. Abouhend; Khalid M. El-Moselhy

American Journal of Water Resources. 2015, 3(3), 73-85
DOI: 10.12691/AJWR-3-3-2

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Spatial and Seasonal Variations of Heavy Metals in Water and Sediments at the Northern Red Sea Coast

Ahmed S. Abouhend^1, and Khalid M. El-Moselhy¹

¹Marine Pollution Laboratory, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt

Pub. Date: July 03, 2015

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Ahmed S. Abouhend and Khalid M. El-Moselhy. Spatial and Seasonal Variations of Heavy Metals in Water and Sediments at the Northern Red Sea Coast. American Journal of Water Resources. 2015; 3(3):73-85. doi: 10.12691/AJWR-3-3-2

Abstract

The spatial and seasonal variations of heavy metals concentrations (Cd, Cu, Ni, Zn, Pb, Co, Mn, Fe) in water and sediments of different sites at the Northern Red Sea coast during the year 2012 were investigated. The results revealed a small range of variation and regional irregularities. Site III (Hurgaha Harbor) recorded the highest metal concentrations in water and sediments except Co during the different seasons. The annual means of metal concentrations in water were 0.14 ± 0.04 - 0.42 ± 0.03, 0.39 ± 0.11 - 4.71 ± 0.87, 0.16 ± 0.04 - 2.15 ± 0.10, 0.94 ± 0.07- 12.07 ± 2.78, 0.73 ± 0.43 - 5.84 ± 0.74, 0.10 ± 0.02 - 0.42 ± 0.01, 0.06 ± 0.04 - 0.39 ± 0.07 and 8.68 ± 0.80 - 36.53 ± 2.76 µg l^-1for Cd, Cu, Ni, Zn, Pb, Co, Mn and Fe, respectively, while in sediments were 1.73 ± 0.36 - 4.40 ± 1.99, 8.5 ± 0.37 - 111.3 ± 23.89, 16.20 ± 1.39 - 39.00 ± 1.95, 19.23 ± 3.01 - 190.33 ± 13.02, 16.00 ± 0.82 - 80.33 ± 4.19, 10.10 ± 1.68 - 19.23 ± 2.47, 106.00 ± 10.20 - 323.33 ± 46.35and 4172.00 ± 430.37 - 14222.33 ± 691.02 µg g^-1, respectively. According to different standard marine water and sediments quality guidelines, heavy metals concentrations at the most of studied sites appeared within the normal range.

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heavy metals, seasonal variations, red sea

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