Spatial variation and environmental risk assessment of heavy metal in the surficial sediments along the Egyptian Red Sea coast
Younis, A., Ismail, I., Mohamedein, L., Ahmed, S. (2014). Spatial variation and environmental risk assessment of heavy metal in the surficial sediments along the Egyptian Red Sea coast. EKB Journal Management System, 10(1), 19-26. doi: 10.12816/0010694
Alaa Younis; Ismail Ismail; Lamiaa Mohamedein; Shimaa Ahmed. "Spatial variation and environmental risk assessment of heavy metal in the surficial sediments along the Egyptian Red Sea coast". EKB Journal Management System, 10, 1, 2014, 19-26. doi: 10.12816/0010694
Younis, A., Ismail, I., Mohamedein, L., Ahmed, S. (2014). 'Spatial variation and environmental risk assessment of heavy metal in the surficial sediments along the Egyptian Red Sea coast', EKB Journal Management System, 10(1), pp. 19-26. doi: 10.12816/0010694
Younis, A., Ismail, I., Mohamedein, L., Ahmed, S. Spatial variation and environmental risk assessment of heavy metal in the surficial sediments along the Egyptian Red Sea coast. EKB Journal Management System, 2014; 10(1): 19-26. doi: 10.12816/0010694

Spatial variation and environmental risk assessment of heavy metal in the surficial sediments along the Egyptian Red Sea coast

Catrina: The International Journal of Environmental Sciences
Article 3, Volume 10, Issue 1, October 2014, Page 19-26  XML PDF (419.99 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.12816/0010694
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Authors
Alaa Younis* 1; Ismail Ismail2; Lamiaa Mohamedein3; Shimaa Ahmed3
1Aquatic Enviroment Department, Faculty of Fisheries Resources, Suez University, Suez-Egypt
2Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez University, Suez-Egypt
3Marine pollution Lab, National Institute- Oceanography and Fisheries, Suez-Egypt
Abstract
eight sites along the Egyptian Red Sea coast were investigated in order to evaluate the pollution status and environmental risk assessment of the study area. The results of the partitioning study showed that the average concentrations of the heavy metals analyzed in investigated sediment exhibited the following decreasing order Fe > Mn > Zn > Cr > Ni > Pb > Cu > Cd. The degree of surface sediment contamination was computed using Metal Pollution Index (MPI) and Geo-accumulation index (I geo). Metal Pollution Index showed that station 5 (Qusier Middle) suffered with metal pollutions. Association with adverse effects to marine organisms was determined using the classification of the sediments according to Sediment quality guidelines (SQGs). Sediment quality guidelines based on the consensus approach revealed that Pb and Cu had no adverse ecological effects.
Keywords
heavy metal; Red Sea; Metal Pollution Index (MPI); Geo-accumulation Index (I geo) and Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQGs)
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