Vol. 4 (10) pp. 1095-1105 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/1898

SEAWEEDS AS BIOINDICATORS OF HEAVY METALS POLLUTION IN TARUT BAY SAUDI ARABIA.

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  • National Institute of Research and Physico-Chemical Analysis, Technological Pole Sidi Thabet 2020, Aryanah, Tunisia.
  • Fisheries Research Center, Eastern Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract

Seaweeds have an important role in the marine environment as bioindicator of heavy metals pollution. In this study, we investigated the accumulation of heavy metals (As, Ni, Zn, Cr, Fe, and Hg) in seaweeds species such as Ancorina alata, Sargassum sp., Dictyota sp., Dictyota dichotoma, Platoma heteromorphum, Liagora viscid and Codium isthmocladum in Tarut Bay, Eastern province - kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The results find for different species of seaweeds showed the presence of nickel, iron and mercury with less concentrations than arsenic, zinc and chromium. Arsenic was the most element accumulated in the different species of seaweeds (between 11 ppm and 54 ppm in different species for seaweeds).

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Mohamed Guitouni, Ali Al Madan and Sami Shabeeb Al-Shabeeb. (2016); SEAWEEDS AS BIOINDICATORS OF HEAVY METALS POLLUTION IN TARUT BAY SAUDI ARABIA., Int. J. of Adv. Res., 4 (10), 1095-1105, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/1898

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