Heavy metals in a coastal lagoon of the Gulf of Mexico Academic Article

abstract

• Terminos lagoon is located in the south east Gulf of Mexico and is ecologically and economically important due to biological diversity, valuable fish, and wildlife resources. The hydrological parameters (salinity, temperature, turbidity, pH, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, nitrite, nitrite, ammonium, silicate, phosphate) and concentration of total metals (Cd, Cu, Ni, Zn, Fe, and Mn) were measured at 24 stations in the lagoon during six samplings (4 March 1994-28 January 1995). Salinities varied from freshwater to seawater and were a function of season. Concentrations of hydrological parameters and total metals were related to salinity by simple linear regression. The pH, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, ammonium, and phosphate had no relationship with salinity. Iron and Mn concentrations were independent of salinity and the Cd, Cu, Ni, and Zn showed positive relationships with salinity. Possible causes of these relationships are briefly discussed.

authors

• Sharma, Virender

published proceedings

• MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

author list (cited authors)

• Vazquez, G. F., Sharma, V. K., Magallanes, V. R., & Marmolejo, A. J.

citation count

• 19

publication date

• June 1999

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

keywords

• Gulf Of Mexico
• Heavy Metals
• Nutrients
• Salinity
• Terminos Lagoon

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00173-8

start page

• 479

end page

• 485

volume

• 38

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0025-326x(98)00173-8