Journal of Environmental Protection

Volume 2, Issue 6 (August 2011)

ISSN Print: 2152-2197   ISSN Online: 2152-2219

Google-based Impact Factor: 1.15  Citations  h5-index & Ranking

Distribution of Antimony in a Tropical Estuary Dominated by Mangroves

HTML  Download Download as PDF (Size: 359KB)  PP. 840-847  
DOI: 10.4236/jep.2011.26095    4,908 Downloads   8,664 Views  Citations

Affiliation(s)

.

ABSTRACT

Seasonal variation of antimony was studied in order to characterize its distribution in estuarine water, pore water, sediment, and digenetic behavior in the Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem. The mean concentration of dissolved inorganic Sb ranged between 230.8 and 303.1 ng L–1 over the period of study with a minimum during the post-monsoon closely associated with spring diatom bloom. Molecular diffusion flux of Sb was found greater than its value advected and deposited on sediment-water interface and there was significant remobilization of Sb in the Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem.

Share and Cite:

S. Mandal, N. Majumdar, C. Choudhury, R. Ray, M. Dutta and T. Jana, "Distribution of Antimony in a Tropical Estuary Dominated by Mangroves," Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol. 2 No. 6, 2011, pp. 840-847. doi: 10.4236/jep.2011.26095.

Copyright © 2024 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc.

Creative Commons License

This work and the related PDF file are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.