heavy metal contamination of coastal lagoon
Paper abstract:Anthropogenic nutrification of coastal water near densely populated area of atolls is well-recognised. The present study demonstrates for the first time that domestic wastewater leaking from poorly constructed sanitary facilities, evident by an assessment of contamination factor, pollution load index and geoaccumulation index, results in significant contamination of coastal sediments by heavy metals such as Cr, Zn, Cu, Pb and Cd.
Heavy metals, Acid-volatile sulfides, Domestic wastewater, Sediment, Pacific island, Principal component analysis
Reference: Fujita M.-Heavy metal contamination of coastal lagoon sediments: Fongafale Islet, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu
CNR-ISMAR, and Generation Service. "Reference: Fujita M.-Heavy metal contamination of coastal lagoon sediments: Fongafale Islet, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu." ROHub. Aug 02 ,2018. https://w3id.org/ro-id/087d2d2e-c245-4599-905d-6d3634c1df41.
Environment/Environmental pollution/Hazardous materials
Paper abstract:Anthropogenic nutrification of coastal water near densely populated area of atolls is well-recognised.
Environment/Environmental pollution/Water pollution
The present study demonstrates for the first time that domestic wastewater leaking from poorly constructed sanitary facilities, evident by an assessment of contamination factor, pollution load index and geoaccumulation index, results in significant contamination of coastal sediments by heavy metals such as Cr, Zn, Cu, Pb and Cd.
Reference: Fujita M. Heavy metal contamination of coastal lagoon sediments: Fongafale Islet, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu.
Fujita, M. Ide, Y. Sato, D. Kench, P. S. Kuwahara, Y. Yokoki, H. & Kayanne, H. (2014) Heavy metal contamination of coastal lagoon sediments: Fongafale Islet, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu.