Contaminant Screening
Trace Metals
- The majority of trace metals concentrations in sediments and biota correspond to natural background levels in marine environments
- Mercury concentrations continue to be very low in sediment and the observed total Hg levels in fish (Hamoor) maintained to be below the 0.5 µg g-1 (wet wt) threshold
- Unexplained high concentrations of Arsenic have been maintained in some bivalves during 1994-2005
- Nickel and Chrome dominant in high concentration in almost all collected inter-tidal sediments
Examples of Obtained Results

Trend of Country-Mean of Metal Concentration (µg g-1) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Levels of Metals Concentration in Near-shore Sediment in I. R. Iran
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 Environment Day of the Region Celebration
April 24, 2022  Environment Day of the Region Booklet
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