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Article Dans Une Revue Marine Pollution Bulletin Année : 2020

Metal(loid)s in superficial sediments from coral reefs of French Polynesia

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French Polynesia exhibit a wide diversity of islands and coral-reef habitats, from urbanized high islands to remote atolls. Here, we present a geographically extensive baseline survey that examine the levels of nine metals (Ag, Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn) and one metalloid (As) in superficial sediments from 28 sites spread over three islands of French Polynesia. We used Principal Component Analysis, Pearson's correlation, hierarchical cluster analysis and generalized linear mixed-effect models on Pollution Load Index to investigate site contamination and metal(loid) associations. At most sites, metal(loid) levels below commonly applied sediment quality guidelines. However, a few sites located near farming activities, river discharges and urbanized areas showed contamination levels above these guidelines. This study provides critical baseline values for metal(loid) contaminants in this region and in coral-reef areas in general, and spur decreased discharge of metal(loid) contaminants in the anthropogenised areas of French Polynesia.
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hal-02563742 , version 1 (05-05-2020)

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Marc Besson, Marc Metian, Paco Bustamante, Laetitia Hédouin. Metal(loid)s in superficial sediments from coral reefs of French Polynesia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2020, 155, pp.111175. ⟨10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111175⟩. ⟨hal-02563742⟩
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