Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in the Sediment of the Bizerte Lagoon in Northern Tunisia

Ibtihel Saidi,Olfa Ben Said,Hamouda Beyrem,Jamel Ben Abdelmalek,Luis Chicharo

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-01665-4_10

Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in the Sediment of the Bizerte Lagoon in Northern Tunisia

Ibtihel Saidi, Olfa Ben Said + Show 3 more

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01665-4_10

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Publication Date: Dec 31, 2018

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Affiliation: University of Carthage

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Metals concentrations, Geoaccumulation index (Igeo), Factor contamination (CF) and degree of contamination (DC) were used to assess heavy metals contamination in Bizerte lagoon sediments. The highest metal concentrations were detected in stations located close the industrial sewages discharge points 1089.96 ± 28.5 mg/kg of dry weight (mg/kg of dry wt). The DC was 15.65 reflecting a high degree of contamination for this station located close to the industrial swage.

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