Table 3 Mean values of bioconcentration factors (×103 ppb) of heavy metals in coral species collected from the area of study
From: Heavy metals distribution in the coral reef ecosystems of the Northern Red Sea
Coral species | Metals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cu | Zn | Pb | Cd | Ni | Co | Fe | |
Hard corals | |||||||
 Acropora hemprichi | 1.26 | 3.55 | 31.81 | 7.93 | 2.36 | 13.49 | 5.12 |
 Acropora pharaonis | 1.09 | 1.98 | 45.72 | 11.96 | 2.93 | 15.47 | 3.50 |
 Acropora humilis | 1.22 | 2.74 | 44.64 | 12.56 | 3.17 | 15.22 | 3.65 |
 Stylophora pistillata | 0.97 | 1.51 | 43.37 | 12.28 | 3.20 | 16.01 | 3.60 |
Soft corals | |||||||
 Lithophyton arboreum | 1.18 | 8.22 | 48.52 | 15.06 | 3.47 | 14.73 | 3.95 |
 Sarcophyton trocheliophorum | 1.82 | 5.64 | 33.42 | 6.23 | 1.47 | 8.63 | 4.39 |
 Sinularia spp. | 1.69 | 5.64 | 54.64 | 16.68 | 9.10 | 20.81 | 3.37 |