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Title: | Arsenic concentrations in seagrass around the Mediterranean coast and seasonal variations |
Authors: | Pergent-Martini, Christine Salivas-Decaux, M. Langar, H. Pergent, Gerard Akcali, Baris Alvarez-Perez, E. Apostolaki, Eugenia Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana Belbacha, Said Borg, Joseph A. Buia, Cristina Maria Casalta, Buia Celebi, Billur Fernandez-Torquemade, Y. Hadjichristoforou, M. Llagostera, I. Lipej, Lovrenc Lopez Y Royo, C. Marcou, M. Mavrič, Borut Panzalis, P. Romero, Javier Semroud, Rachid Skoufas, George Turk, R. Weitzmann, B. Zapata-Salgado, F. J. |
Keywords: | Posidonia oceanica -- Mediterranean Sea Cymodoceaceae -- Mediterranean Sea Coastal ecosystem health -- Mediterranean Sea Arsenic wastes -- Mediterranean Sea |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA) |
Citation: | Pergent-Martini, C., Salivas-Decaux, M., Langar, H., Pergent, G., Akcali, B., Alvarez-Perez, E., ... Zapata-Salgado, F. J. (2014). Arsenic concentrations in seagrass around the Mediterranean coast and seasonal variations. 5th Mediterranean Symposium on Marine Vegetation, Portoroz. 137-142. |
Abstract: | Arsenic’s occurrence in the environment could be due to human activities as well as to natural sources. In this study, Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa are collected in 84 sites around the Mediterranean basin. In addition, both seagrass are collected monthly, in two sites (Calvi in Corsica and Salammbô in Tunisia). Arsenic concentrations in C. nodosa present seasonal variations in relation with spring phytoplankton blooms. For both species arsenic concentration is higher in the vicinity of geological sources (mining), lagoon outlets and industrial activities. Moreover, Mediterranean islands (Balearic, Sardinia, Corsica, Malta, Crete and Cyprus) and the Southern basin coastline exhibit lower concentrations in Arsenic than the rest of the Mediterranean basin. The wide spread distribution of these two species would encourage their use in a global monitoring network devoted to Arsenic contamination. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/18032 |
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