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Can the origin of some metals in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica be determined by the indexes of metals pollutions?

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To assess metal pollution, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Pb, Ni, Co, As, Cd, and Hg contents in samples of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica and surface sediment, collected at eight locations along the Montenegrin coast, were determined. The metal pollution index (MPI) and metal enrichment factor (EF) were then calculated. MPI and EF were lower in sediment than in P. oceanica at the same locations. This was very evident for EF values of Hg and Cd. Based on the Pearson’s correlations and EF values, it was possible to conclude that the last two metals’ content in the seagrass did not originate from the crustal sources or natural weathering processes.

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  • 11 April 2024

    Editor's Note: Readers are alerted that the concerns have been raised with this article. Editorial action will be taken as appropriate once this matter is resolved and all parties have been given an opportunity to respond in full.

  • 23 October 2024

    A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-34906-2

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This work was supported by Project III 43009 of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia.

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  1. Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    Slavka Stanković & Bojan Tanaskovski

  2. Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, P. O. Box 522, 11001, Belgrade, Serbia

    Mihajlo Jović

  3. Institute for Technology of Nuclear and Other Mineral Raw Materials, 86 Franchet d`Esperey St, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    Marija L. Mihajlović

  4. IBM, University of Podgorica, Dobrota bb, 85330, Kotor, Montenegro

    Danijela Joksimović

  5. Institute of General and Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    Lato Pezo

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Stanković, S., Jović, M., Tanaskovski, B. et al. Can the origin of some metals in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica be determined by the indexes of metals pollutions?. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22, 8253–8263 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-3953-x

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