Status of Pollution in Mangrove Ecosystems along the Coast of Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorKruitwagen, Guus
dc.contributor.authorPratap, Harish B.
dc.contributor.authorCovaci, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorBonga, Sjoerd W.
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-11T14:06:16Z
dc.date.available2016-05-11T14:06:16Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractWorldwide, mangrove forests are under threat of the accumulation of pollutants, which may be imported into mangrove ecosystems through the waters from rivers and streams. The distribution, behaviour, and accumulation of these imported chemicals in the ecosystem are largely defined by the hydrology of the mangroves, the geochemical properties of sediments, and the class of pollutants (e.g. heavy metals, organotins, organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)). The properties of the mangrove sediments provide good binding opportunities for a number of these pollutants: hydrophobic organic pollutants adsorb to the extensive surfaces that are provided by the fine particulate sediments of estuaries and mangroves. Metals are trapped in mangrove sediments through the formation of complexes with sulphides (Lacerda et al., 1991), particulate organic carbon, or iron oxyhydroxides (Chapman et al., 1998). As a consequence, anthropogenic pollutants are filtered from the water layer and accumulate in the sediments of estuaries and mangroves (Bayen et al., 2005; Bhattacharya et al., 2003; Tam and Wong, 1995; Tam and Yao, 2002). Depending on the speciation of chemicals, the pollutants can accumulate in the tissues of biotaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKruitwagen, G., Pratap, H.B., Covaci, A. and Bonga, S.W., 2008. Status of pollution in mangrove ecosystems along the coast of Tanzania. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 56(5), pp.1022-1031.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.02.018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/1948
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.titleStatus of Pollution in Mangrove Ecosystems along the Coast of Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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