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TI Pollution and ecological risk assessments for heavy metals in coastal, river, and road-deposited sediments from Apia City in Upolu Island, Samoa
BT 
AF Jeong, Hyeryeong
   Ra, Kongtae
AS 1:1,2;2:2,3;
FF 1:;2:;
C1 Ifremer, RBE/CCEM, F-44000 Nantes, France
   Marine Environmental Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), Busan 49111, Republic of Korea
   Department of Ocean Science (Oceanography), KIOST School, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
C2 Ifremer, RBE/CCEM, F-44000 Nantes, France
   KIOST, SOUTH KOREA
   KIOST, SOUTH KOREA
IF 5.8
TC 10
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00818/93018/101693.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Metal pollution;Coastal environment;Runoff;Enrichment factor;Pollution load index;Potential ecological risk index
AB This study was the first to investigate the pollution and ecological risks of heavy metals in coastal, river/stream and road-deposited sediments (RDS) from Apia in Samoa. Cr and Ni concentrations in sediment samples were higher than those of other metals. River sediments and RDS had relatively high EF values around the intensive commercial areas, with a moderate to significant enrichment of Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb. The results indicate that Cr and Ni have a natural origin from volcanic parent materials, while Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb originated from anthropogenic activities, such as traffic emissions and the discharge of municipal wastewater. The assessments of pollution and ecological risk revealed that coastal sediments adjacent to the river are anthropogenically contaminated and present a moderate ecological risk. This study demonstrates that metals that have accumulated in the urban impermeable layer and river/stream bed have flowed into the coastal environment through runoff. 
PY 2023
PD MAR
SO Marine Pollution Bulletin
SN 0025-326X
PU Elsevier BV
VL 188
UT 000924996500001
DI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114596
ID 93018
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