Arsenic levels in the marine ecosystem off the Kuwait coast, Arabian Gulf

A. H. Bu-Olayan and B. V. Thomas
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A. H. Bu-Olayan: Kuwait University
B. V. Thomas: Kuwait University

Environment Systems and Decisions, 2001, vol. 21, issue 1, 71-75

Abstract: Abstract Arsenic levels in seawater, microplankton (diatoms and dinoflagellates), shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus), mollusc (Cerithium scabridum) and five types of fish (‘Maid’, ‘Nakroor’, ‘Nuwaiby’, ‘Suboor’ and ‘Sheim’) in five sampling stations (I–V) off the Kuwait coast were determined during the years 1995 to 1999. The maximum mean concentration of arsenic was observed in the order; the five fish (0.50–0.78 μg g−1)> mollusc (0.26 μg g−1)> shrimp (0.23 μg g−1)> particulate matter (0.03 μg g−1)> water and phytoplankton (0.02 μg g−1) from all the sites of the Kuwait coast. Station II possessed the maximum arsenic levels. In comparison with the arsenic levels in other parts of the globe, low arsenic levels were observed in most of the marine organisms off the Kuwait Coast. However, an increasing trend in arsenic concentrations was anticipated due to rapid local industrialization and on account of recent spills of arsenic compounds.

Keywords: arsenic; marine organisms; Kuwait (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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