| Authors | MohammadReza Rezaei |
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| Journal | Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology |
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| Page number | 799-804 |
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| Serial number | 89 |
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| Volume number | 2012 |
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| IF | 1.105 |
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| Paper Type | Full Paper |
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| Published At | 2012 |
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| Journal Type | Typographic |
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| Journal Country | Iran, Islamic Republic Of |
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| Journal Index | ISI،JCR،Scopus |
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Abstract
The metal pollution in Sediments and Avicenna
marina tissues in the Hara Biosphere Reserve was monitored
for Lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd), and Nickel (Ni) with atomic
absorption spectrometer. The results showed that the mean
concentration of Pb, Cd, and Ni in the water and sediments
were much higher than the recommended threshold limits in
the most stations, also the highest means of Pb, Cd, and Ni
were observed in Avicenna roots and it were 25.26 ± 4.86,
2.17 ± 0.74, and 26.72 ± 6.17 (lg g-1) respectively. Calculating
BCF (bioconcentration factor) index illustrates that
A. marina accumulates Pb, Cd, and Ni 1.62, 1.52 and 0.73
times greater than sediment levels respectively, So it can
show that A. marina may be employed as a biological indicator
exposure of Cd, Pb, and Ni with temporal monitoring,
also the factories were main sources of metals contamination
in the Hara Biosphere Reserve
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