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Metallic trace element dynamics in Paracentrotus lividus from Algeria: environmental and human health risk assessment
Bouiba, S.; Bendimerad, M.E.A.; Rouane Hacene, O.; Boualga, A.; Richir, J. (2023). Metallic trace element dynamics in Paracentrotus lividus from Algeria: environmental and human health risk assessment. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 187: 114485. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114485
In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. Macmillan: London. ISSN 0025-326X; e-ISSN 1879-3363, more
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Keywords
    Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Metallic trace elements; Paracentrotus lividus; Health risk assessment; Environmental monitoring; Mediterranean Sea; Atlantic

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  • Bouiba, S.
  • Bendimerad, M.E.A.
  • Rouane Hacene, O.
  • Boualga, A.
  • Richir, J., more

Abstract
    This paper evaluates the dynamic of Metallic Trace Elements (MTEs; Cd, Pb, Fe, Cu, Zn, Ni and Co) in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus collected in five sites: four contaminated and one reference, along the western coast of Algeria, recontextualizes this contamination within a wider geographical distribution area throughout 84 sites among the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic and focuses on the potential risk on human health for the first time in Algeria. The Trace Element Pollution Index places Algeria, and generally the North African coasts, as the region most contaminated by MTEs. The Trace Element Spatial Variation Index ranks Pb as a MTE of key environmental concern according to global spatial variability. The health risk assessment indicates that Cd and Pb exceed the maximum limits set by the Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 on three of the four contaminated sites.

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