ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2017
Biomonitoring of coastal pollution in the Gulf of Gabes (SE, Tunisia): use of Posidonia oceanica seagrass as a bioindicator and its mat as an archive of coastal metallic contamination.
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- Comparative trace element trends in Posidonia oceanica and its sediments along the Turkish-Mediterranean Sea coast.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
- Living (stained) foraminifera in the Lesser Syrtis (Tunisia): influence of pollution and substratum.PeerJ · 2020Article
- A comparative study of trace elements in Cymodocea nodosa from three semi-enclosed coastal areas in Tunisia.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2019Article
- Characterization of phosphate rock and phosphogypsum from Gabes phosphate fertilizer factories (SE Tunisia): high mining potential and implications for environmental protection.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018Article
- Effect of Acidic Industrial Effluent Release on Microbial Diversity and Trace Metal Dynamics During Resuspension of Coastal Sediment.Frontiers in microbiology · 2018Article
- Impact of industrial phosphate waste discharge on the marine environment in the Gulf of Gabes (Tunisia).PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
Within the framework of a study on the extent and history of marine pollution in the central area of Gabes Gulf, the concentrations of four trace metals (Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn) were assessed in three different tissues of the seagrass species, Posidonia oceanica (leaves, rhizomes, and roots), in the mat of P. oceanica meadows at different depths from the sea floor (- 30 to - 150 cm) and in sediments. The results showed that P. oceanica leaves accumulate more Cd, Cu, and Zn, whereas Pb was found to be more concentrated in roots. The analysis of P. oceanica mat highlighted a clear decreasing gradient of trace metal concentrations from lower (- 30 cm) to higher (- 150 cm) depths. Considering that P. oceanica mat continuously rises above the initial level, with a rate of 1 m per century (~1 cm year
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