Salt marsh areas are recognized as important natural sinks for metals. Bhal region one selected for this investigation can be classified as a 15
km wide coastal wetland comprising of marshy areas towards the Gulf and of either freshwater-salt marsh or freshwater bodies in landward
margin of 10 km, which remains flooded during monsoon. Hence in this study attempts were made to evaluate the levels of heavy metals
viz., Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn, Ni and Cd of habitats located at such interesting ecoregion. 54 soil samples collected from 18 twin belt transects
during monsoon, winter and summer at 6 different coastal locations viz., Mingalpur, Mundi Bridge, Rahtalav, Khoon, Kamatalav and
Bhogavo were analyzed by atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Furthermore results obtained were subjected to 2-way ANOVA.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/assessment-spatial-and-temporal-variations-heavy-metals-levels-bhal-region-gulf
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-d-talekar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/j-joshi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/u-s-pawar-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/international-journal-life-sciences
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/heavy-metals
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wetlands
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gulf-kambhat
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toxins
