Metal contamination of surface water, sediment and Tympanotonus fuscatus var. radula of Iko River and environmental impact due to Utapete gas flare station, Nigeria

被引：12

作者：

Benson N.U. ^{[1
]}

Etesin U.M. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Department of Chemistry, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State

[2] Analytical Laboratory, Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria, Ikot Abasi

来源：

The Environmentalist | 2008年 / 28卷 / 3期

关键词：

Coastal environment; Nigeria; Sediment; Trace metals; Water pollution;

D O I：

10.1007/s10669-007-9127-3

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摘要：

Inter-seasonal studies on the trace metal load of surface water, sediment and Tympanotonus fuscatus var. radula of Iko River were conducted between 2003 and 2004. The impact of anthropogenic activities especially industrial effluent, petroleum related wastes, gas flare and episodic oil spills on the ecosystem are remarkable. Trace metals analyzed included cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), lead (Pb), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), vanadium (V) and zinc (Zn). Sediment particle size analysis revealed that they were characteristically psammitic and were predominantly of medium to fine grained sand (>73%), less of silt (<15%) and clay (<10%). These results correlated with low levels of trace elements such as Pb (0.03 ± 0.02 mg kg-1), Cr (0.22 ± 0.12 mg kg-1), Cd (0.05 ± 0.03 mg kg-1), Cu (0.04 ± 0.02 mg kg-1) and Mn (0.23 ± 0.22 mg kg-1) in the sediment samples. This observation is consistent with the scarcity of clayey materials known to be good scavengers for metallic and organic contaminants. Sediments indicated enhanced concentration of Fe, Ni and V, while other metal levels were relatively low. The concentrations of all the metals except Pb in surface water were within the permissible levels, suggesting that the petroleum contaminants had minimal effect on the state of pollution by trace metals in Iko River. Notably, the pollutant concentrations in the sediments were markedly higher than the corresponding concentrations in surface water and T. fuscatus tissues, and decreased with distance from point sources of pollution. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

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