Spatial Distribution of Heavy Metals in Msimbazi River Mangrove Sediments in Dar es Salaam Coastal Zone

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dc.contributor.authorMrutu, Agnes
dc.contributor.authorNkotagu, Hudson H.
dc.contributor.authorLuilo, Gebhard B.
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-21T17:08:08Z
dc.date.available2016-09-21T17:08:08Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports on distribution of heavy metals in sediments of the Msimbazi River mangrove forest. The levels of heavy metal decreased with increasing depth as well as with increasing distance from mangrove to the Indian Ocean shoreline. The total metal levels of heavy metals ranged from 1000 to 27000 ppm (iron, Fe), 16 to 173 ppm (zinc, Zn), 3.1 to 76 ppm (lead, Pb), 13.2 to 71.2 ppm (chromium, Cr), 6.9 to 22.5 ppm (nickel. Ni), 4.1 to 17.4 ppm (cobalt, Co) and 0.03 to 3.90 ppm (cadmium, Cd). These observations indicate that Msimbazi River sediments have high metal retention. This is attributed, among other factors, to clay contents at 0 - 50 cm core that ranged from 15.78 to 85.04 % and its content decreased with increasing depth. Thus, the Msimbazi River sediments play a role in filtering heavy metals from the wastewater flowing through it prior to its discharge into Indian Ocean.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMrutu, A., Nkotagu, H.H. and Luilo, G.B., 2013. Spatial distribution of heavy metals in Msimbazi River mangrove sediments in Dar es Salaam coastal zone, Tanzania. International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 3(5), p.1641.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.6088/ijes.2013030500033
dc.identifier.issn0976 – 4402
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4108
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectDar es Salaamen_US
dc.subjectHeavy metalsen_US
dc.subjectMangrovesen_US
dc.subjectMsimbazi Riveren_US
dc.subjectSedimentsen_US
dc.titleSpatial Distribution of Heavy Metals in Msimbazi River Mangrove Sediments in Dar es Salaam Coastal Zoneen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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