Impact of Tsunami on the Heavy Metal Accumulation in Water, Sediments and Fish at Poompuhar Coast, Southeast Coast of India | Zendy

P. Martin Deva Prasath | Zendy; Tamoor Khan | Zendy

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Impact of Tsunami on the Heavy Metal Accumulation in Water, Sediments and Fish at Poompuhar Coast, Southeast Coast of India

Author(s) -

P. Martin Deva Prasath,

Tamoor Khan

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of chemistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-9063

pISSN - 2090-9071

DOI - 10.1155/2008/132014

Subject(s) - mugil , atomic absorption spectroscopy , manganese , heavy metals , metal , fish <actinopterygii> , cadmium , environmental chemistry , copper , chemistry , metallurgy , fishery , biology , materials science , physics , quantum mechanics

Investigations on the accumulation of heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn, Co, Pb, Cd and Ni) in water, sediments and fish (Mugil cephalus) using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer at Poompuhar coast, lying along the southeast coast of India was studied before and after tsunami. Accumulation of heavy metals was observed in the order of Sediments > Fish > Water. In water, the order was found to be Mn > Fe > Zn > Cu > Ni > Cd > Co > Pb; Mn recorded a maximum of 506.9µ.L-1 and Pb recorded a minimum of 0.006 µ.L-1. In sediments, the order was Mn > Fe > Cu > Zn > PbCoCdNi; Mn recorded a maximum of 851.1µg.g -1 and a minimum of below detectable levels were found in Pb, Co, Cd and Ni. In fish, the order was found to be Fe > Zn > Mn > Cu > Ni > CoPbCd; Fe recorded a maximum of 529.13 µg.g -1 and a minimum of below detectable levels were found in Pb and Cd.

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