Kazemi, Ali, Riyahi Bakhtiari, Alireza, Kheirabadi, Nabiallah, Mohammad Karimi, Asma (2013). Distribution of Pb in Sediment and Shell of Rocky Oysters (Saccostrea cucullata) of Lengeh Port, Qeshm and Hormoz Islands in Persian Gulf, Iran. , 1(2), 191-198.
Ali Kazemi; Alireza Riyahi Bakhtiari; Nabiallah Kheirabadi; Asma Mohammad Karimi. "Distribution of Pb in Sediment and Shell of Rocky Oysters (Saccostrea cucullata) of Lengeh Port, Qeshm and Hormoz Islands in Persian Gulf, Iran". , 1, 2, 2013, 191-198.
Kazemi, Ali, Riyahi Bakhtiari, Alireza, Kheirabadi, Nabiallah, Mohammad Karimi, Asma (2013). 'Distribution of Pb in Sediment and Shell of Rocky Oysters (Saccostrea cucullata) of Lengeh Port, Qeshm and Hormoz Islands in Persian Gulf, Iran', , 1(2), pp. 191-198.
Kazemi, Ali, Riyahi Bakhtiari, Alireza, Kheirabadi, Nabiallah, Mohammad Karimi, Asma Distribution of Pb in Sediment and Shell of Rocky Oysters (Saccostrea cucullata) of Lengeh Port, Qeshm and Hormoz Islands in Persian Gulf, Iran. , 2013; 1(2): 191-198.

Distribution of Pb in Sediment and Shell of Rocky Oysters (Saccostrea cucullata) of Lengeh Port, Qeshm and Hormoz Islands in Persian Gulf, Iran

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Article 7, Volume 1, Issue 2 - Serial Number 4, 2013, Pages 191-198    PDF (579.98 K)
Authors
Ali Kazemi1; Alireza Riyahi Bakhtiari* 2; Nabiallah Kheirabadi3; Asma Mohammad Karimi3
1Former MSc. Student, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran
2Assistant Professors, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran
3Former MSc. Student, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran
Abstract
Concentrations of lead (Pb) were found in the shells of the oyster Saccostrea cucullata and sediments in May 2010. Samples were obtained at four sites on Qeshm Island, at three sites on Hormoz Island, and at three sites in Lengeh Port along the intertidal coast of the Persian Gulf of Iran. The levels of Pb in sediments and shells were analyzed by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometer.Mean Pb concentrations in the different sampling stations varied between 613.94 and 0.06 µg g-1 in the shells of S. cucullata and 180.78 and 0.86µg g-1 in sediments. Biological effects criteria suggest that Pb concentrations in sediments in three sites from Lengeh Port were higher than ERL (effects range low), but at the all sites were lower than ERM (effects range medium). The present results support the significant differences in shell and sediments’ accumulated concentrations of Pb among sites attributed to input sources of human activities including urban, domestic, industrial, agricultural, shipping and transport, mining activities, and ports and harbors
Keywords
Biomonitoring; Hormoz Island; Human activities; Lengeh Port; Qeshm Island; Saccostrea cucullata
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