From: Heavy metals distribution in the coral reef ecosystems of the Northern Red Sea
Metal | Species | Locations | ||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | ||
Cu | Acropora hemprichi | 2.10 (0.32) | – | 9.54 (0.89) | – | 3.20 (0.36) | – | – |
Acropora pharaonis | 2.19 (0.25) | 1.15 (0.27) | 10.44 (1.28) | 7.19 (0.86) | 2.63 (0.36) | 4.05 (0.54) | 1.56 (0.37) | |
Acropora humilis | 2.98 (0.34) | – | – | 8.66 (0.91) | 3.25 (0.36) | 1.28 (0.14) | 1.35 (0.11) | |
Stylophora pistillata | 2.13 (0.20) | 1.73 (0.21) | 8.35 (1.14) | – | 3.00 (0.33) | 1.77 (0.35) | 2.50 (0.32) | |
Lithophyton arboreum | 3.21 (0.58) | 2.92 (0.49) | 3.63 (0.16) | – | 5.00 (0.39) | 3.38 (0.43) | 2.60 (0.27) | |
Sarcophyton trocheliophorum | 4.95 (0.60) | – | 13.66 (1.55) | 4.65 (0.95) | 4.25 (0.65) | – | – | |
Sinularia spp. | 5.50 (1.18) | – | 4.13 (0.19) | 9.39 (0.77) | 4.88 (0.53) | 2.83 (0.26) | 3.33 (0.28) | |
Zn | Acropora hemprichi | 58.35 (2.87) | – | 36.63 (2.60) | – | 26.09 (1.88) | – | – |
Acropora pharaonis | 21.22 (2.43) | 6.73 (0.62) | 45.08 (2.80) | 17.46 (1.46) | 19.99 (2.04) | 32.65 (2.93) | 0.54 (0.09) | |
Acropora humilis | 25.94 (2.43) | – | – | 56.72 (2.46) | 8.12 (1.49) | 20.62 (2.48) | 3.18 (0.41) | |
Stylophora pistillata | 15.68 (1.58) | 9.28 (0.92) | 41.44 (2.48) | – | 20.48 (1.86) | 5.66 (0.92) | 7.62 (0.95) | |
Lithophyton arboreum | 58.19 (4.33) | 82.56 (7.29) | 81.19 (3.87) | – | 82.39 (3.98) | 123.60 (12.43) | 61.13 (3.91) | |
Sarcophyton trocheliophorum | 29.85 (2.46) | – | 37.06 (2.63) | 74.50 (5.51) | 59.06 (2.35) | – | – | |
Sinularia spp. | 31.28 (3.66) | – | 141.30 (16.87) | 50.30 (4.46) | 31.36 (2.33) | 51.61 (3.78) | 38.67 (3.53) | |
Pb | Acropora hemprichi | 9.16 (0.85) | – | 7.12 (0.86) | – | 31.42 (3.19) | – | – |
Acropora pharaonis | 16.36 (1.47) | 29.96 (2.96) | 8.59 (0.97) | 27.27 (2.72) | 32.72 (2.92) | 29.45 (3.18) | 24.54 (2.36) | |
Acropora humilis | 14.18 (0.52) | – | – | 26.18 (1.78) | 25.45 (2.38) | 25.20 (3.27) | 21.27 (2.15) | |
Stylophora pistillata | 12.36 (1.27) | 26.47 (1.72) | 6.89 (0.35) | – | 29.09 (2.32) | 24.72 (2.52) | 30.54 (2.77) | |
Lithophyton arboreum | 36.00 (2.53) | 14.54 (1.29) | 28.40 (3.49) | – | 36.36 (2.97) | 34.36 (2.93) | 14.18 (2.39) | |
Sarcophyton trocheliophorum | 18.54 (1.69) | – | 11.63 (1.09) | 20.29 (1.95) | 24.72 (2.06) | – | – | |
Sinularia spp. | 36.00 (2.59) | – | 16.36 (1.14) | 32.07 (2.67) | 36.01 (2.01) | 27.81 (1.63) | 26.18 (2.10) | |
Cd | Acropora hemprichi | 0.60 (0.03) | – | 1.34 (0.20) | – | 3.76 (0.52) | – | – |
Acropora pharaonis | 1.31 (0.15) | 3.54 (0.49) | 2.05 (0.28) | 2.07 (0.31) | 3.04 (0.20) | 3.10 (0.30) | 1.82 (0.31) | |
Acropora humilis | 1.62 (0.23) | – | – | 2.11 (0.25) | 3.26 (0.66) | 2.79 (0.35) | 1.84 (0.19) | |
Stylophora pistillata | 0.54 (0.03) | 3.06 (0.44) | 1.26 (0.09) | – | 3.33 (0.61) | 2.88 (0.23) | 2.78 (0.24) | |
Lithophyton arboreum | 4.56 (0.76) | 1.40 (0.17) | 2.47 (0.32) | – | 2.92 (0.31) | 4.11 (0.48) | 3.10 (0.36) | |
Sarcophyton trocheliophorum | 2.41 (0.24) | – | 0.89 (0.12) | 1.58 (0.21) | 1.69 (0.19) | – | – | |
Sinularia spp. | 3.82 (0.43) | – | 9.59 (0.69) | 3.52 (0.33) | 4.11 (0.40) | 1.98 (0.24) | 2.51 (0.20) | |
Ni | Acropora hemprichi | 1.35 (0.17) | – | 8.22 (0.75) | – | 14.53 (1.56) | – | – |
Acropora pharaonis | 5.74 (0.74) | 12.11 (0.79) | 9.01 (0.15) | 7.11 (0.72) | 11.74 (1.10) | 11.66 (1.15) | 9.84 (0.98) | |
Acropora humilis | 6.25 (0.50) | – | – | 10.02 (0.66) | 9.83 (0.64) | 8.10 (0.65) | 10.97 0.80) | |
Stylophora pistillata | 1.61 (0.17) | 13.22 (1.13) | 7.88 (0.62) | – | 11.47 (0.72) | 13.20 (0.85) | 13.65 (0.64) | |
Lithophyton arboreum | 18.20 (1.29) | 7.11 (0.58) | 11.23 (0.79) | – | 11.65 (0.66) | 12.15 (0.83) | 6.84 (0.34) | |
Sarcophyton trocheliophorum | 8.56 (0.70) | – | 4.20 (0.31) | 3.81 (0.24) | 3.15 (0.30) | – | – | |
Sinularia spp. | 14.20 (1.04) | – | 186.00 (8.54) | 13.13 (0.52) | 15.83 (1.00) | 9.34 (0.65) | 12.20 (0.91) | |
Co | Acropora hemprichi | 1.38 (0.16) | – | 3.70 (0.38) | – | 6.36 (0.60) | – | – |
Acropora pharaonis | 1.97 (0.18) | 5.86 (0.64) | 5.29 (0.51) | 4.63 (0.53) | 5.36 (0.59) | 5.56 (0.54) | 5.36 (0.43) | |
Acropora humilis | 3.11 (0.34) | – | – | 4.45 (0.46) | 4.07 (0.38) | 5.01 (0.23) | 5.00 (0.31) | |
Stylophora pistillata | 1.74 (0.20) | 5.25 (0.54) | 4.64 (0.27) | – | 6.00 (0.45) | 5.58 (0.56) | 5.74 (0.52) | |
Lithophyton arboreum | 4.87 (0.32) | 2.45 (0.21) | 5.16 (0.50) | – | 4.71 (0.41) | 6.52 (0.61) | 4.33 (0.41) | |
Sarcophyton trocheliophorum | 3.12 (0.35) | – | 1.36 (0.11) | 3.45 (0.32) | 3.11 (0.36) | – | – | |
Sinularia spp. | 7.71 (0.64) | – | 7.10 (0.22) | 7.45 (0.50) | 7.68 (0.61) | 5.03 (0.47) | 4.71 (0.42) | |
Fe | Acropora hemprichi | 22.61 (1.76) | – | 286.21 (35.89) | – | 37.77 (2.55) | – | – |
Acropora pharaonis | 27.28 (1.76) | 32.74 (2.66) | 321.54 (32.28) | 33.41 (1.71) | 21.44 (1.67) | 23.84 (1.62) | 30.89 (1.84) | |
Acropora humilis | 90.01 (4.52) | – | – | 60.77 (3.00) | 20.19 (1.54) | 13.25 (1.30) | 40.26 (1.84) | |
Stylophora pistillata | 16.87 (1.17) | 61.08 (2.18) | 297.30 (18.48) | – | 26.54 (1.54) | 24.23 (1.56) | 25.19 (1.60) | |
Lithophyton arboreum | 50.43 (2.73) | 125.90 8.91) | 55.38 (2.59) | – | 44.23 (1.94) | 44.16 (2.09) | 44.58 (1.73) | |
Sarcophyton trocheliophorum | 36.49 (1.60) | – | 27.31 (1.33) | 32.95 (1.67) | 121.10 (6.17) | – | – | |
Sinularia spp. | 44.61 (1.72) | – | 45.67 (2.04) | 55.08 (2.26) | 38.32 (1.78) | 17.69 (1.19) | 57.31 (2.44) |