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Determination of trace metal(loid)s in mangrove swamp sediments in relation to its adjacent host rocks of South Andaman, India

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Ten representative fresh rock samples distributed sparsely were collected in each station’s viz., Rutland Island (RT), Chidyatapu (CT), Burmanallah (BN), Carbyn’s cove (CC), Redskin Island (RS), Wandoor (WD), Guptapara (GP), Manjery (MJ), Shipighat (SG), and Junglighat (JG) in South Andaman island for identifying the background values of the trace metal(loid)s viz., V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Pb, As, and Fe. Correspondingly, quadruplet samples of mangrove sediments from those ten stations were studied for the aforementioned trace metal(loid)s. Incidence of trace metal(loid)s in rock and mangrove sediments were assessed using wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WD-XRF) spectrometry. Geo-chemical indices such as enrichment factor (EF), contamination factor (CF), geo-accumulation index (Igeo), and anthropogenic factor (AF) were used to gauge the levels of trace metal(loid)s in mangrove sediments. The results suggest that the incidence of various trace metal(loid)s in the mangrove sediments are from the adjacent host rock (AHR) in all the stations except station JG. The computed values EF, CF, Igeo, and AF articulate that station JG exhibits minor enrichment, considerable contamination, moderately polluted, and anthropogenic influence respectively.

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The authors are grateful to Pondicherry University for providing the infra structural support for carrying this research work. The authors acknowledge gratitude’s to Mr. M. Nithyanandan, Assistant Research Scientist, Environment and Life Sciences Research Centre, Ecosystem-Based Management of Marine Resources Programme (EBMMR), Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) for language proficiency. Also, the authors are grateful to Dr. Hans Uwe Dahms affiliated to Department of Biomedical Science & Environmental Biology and Research centre for Environmental medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan for scientifically editing the article.

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  1. Deptartment of Coastal Disaster Management, Pondicherry University, Brookshabad campus, Port Blair, Andaman, 744112, India

    Shiva Shankar Venkatesan & Dharanirajan Kesavan

  2. Department of Environment and Forest, Manglutan Range, Port Blair, Andamans, 744105, India

    Neelam Purti

  3. Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, 620024, India

    Kaviarasan Thanamegam

  4. Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Brookshabad campus, Port Blair, Andaman, 744112, India

    Baskaran Ram, Pm Mohan, Karthik Raji & Ravi pratap Singh

  5. Department of Geography, JNRM, Port Blair, Andaman, 744102, India

    Narshimulu Ganta

  6. Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai, 600025, India

    Arumugam Kathirvel

  7. IGNOU Regional Centre, Port Blair, Andaman, 744101, India

    Satyakeerthy Thonduparambil Ravindaran

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    Swamynathan Balasundraganapathy

  10. Atal Centre for Ocean Science and Technology for Islands, National Institute for Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 744103, India

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Shiva Shankar, Neelam Purti, Dharanirajan, PM Mohan, Satyakeerthy, and Prasun Goswami conceptualized, fabricated, and documented the research article. Baskaran, Neelam Purti, Narshimulu, and Karthik collected the rock and sediment samples and assisted in formulating the first draft of the manuscript. Arumugam, Karthik, and Swamynathan analyzed the trace metal(loid)s in the rock and sediment samples. Prasun Goswami and Swamynathan performed the statistical analysis. Deepak Kumar Agrawal prepared the maps and figures.

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Venkatesan, S.S., Purti, N., Thanamegam, K. et al. Determination of trace metal(loid)s in mangrove swamp sediments in relation to its adjacent host rocks of South Andaman, India. Arab J Geosci 14, 1313 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-07563-9

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