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Analysis and Tendencies of Metals and POPs in a Sediment Core from the Alvarado Lagoon System (ALS), Veracruz, Mexico

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This study focused on dating of a sediment core from the Alvarado Lagoon System, Veracruz, Mexico, calculating the sedimentation rate by using 210Pb to determine the tendency towards pollution by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, organochlorides, the metals Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, and V, and organic matter content. The activity of total Pb and supported Pb in the samples was 83.1 and 29.5 Bq kg−1, respectively, whereas the average estimated sedimentation rate was 0.48 ± 0.09 cm per year−1. The organic matter values exhibited linear behavior throughout the historical profile, with values under 2.5%. Metal concentrations followed the order V > Cr > Ni > Cu > Pb > Hg > Cd. Variations found in Cr, Ni, Pb, and V concentrations are basically due to three meteorological phenomena that hit the region: hurricanes Gladys, Hilda, and Janet in September of 1955. V, Ni, and Hg input comes from anthropogenic and lithogenic sources. The presence of individual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons showed no ascending accumulation pattern over time, nor did it show any significant statistical correlation to OM. As for the organochlorine pesticides, 63.61% of the total sum of these compounds were from the ciclodienics family. Concentration of p,p′-DDT was observed only in the earliest profile, from 1929.

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Funding was provided by Biology Institute, UNAM, Mexico. Project 602 Alvarado Lagoon.

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    A. V. Botello, F. S. Villanueva, R. F. Rivera & A. L. Velandia

  2. Biology Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

    F. S. Villanueva, R. F. Rivera, A. L. Velandia & G. E. de la Lanza

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Botello, A.V., Villanueva, F.S., Rivera, R.F. et al. Analysis and Tendencies of Metals and POPs in a Sediment Core from the Alvarado Lagoon System (ALS), Veracruz, Mexico. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 75, 157–173 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-018-0516-z

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