Volume 2, Issue 3

Trace Metals in Zooplankton of River Coringa, Coringa Wild Life Sanctuary, East Coast of India

Author

N. Sreenivas1* and P Anil Kumar2

Abstract

Study of trace metals in the aquatic environment is significant, in the sense
that they act as limiting factors in the growth of phytoplankton. Sea weeds
accumulate to high concentration of trace metals which in turn act as
biological indicators for the metal pollution. The distribution and
concentration level of trace metals in the coastal environment is essential to
assess their possible transfer to man through food chain. Zn, Pb, Fe and Cu
metal concentrations in zooplankton samples collected from the river
Coringa were analysed. The metal concentrations were within the limits of
the FAO standards.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.62226/ijarst20130376

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