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SUBMITTER: Perez-Cid B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7926957 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pérez-Cid Benita B Falqué Elena E Simal-Gandara Jesus J
International journal of environmental research and public health 20210222 4
Limited attention has been directed toward the effects of maritime traffic on heavy metals and metalloids in seawater. Water samples were collected from the estuary of Vigo Ría in the summer of 2018. The chemical distribution of ten dissolved trace metals and metalloids (Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Cd, Hg, and Pb) in water was determined from north to south (where the biggest city in the region is) and from east to west (where the maritime traffic is higher). Metal concentration in waters showed ...[more]