Element concentrations in pelagic Sargassum along the Mexican Caribbean coast in 2018-2019.

ABSTRACT: The massive influx of pelagic Sargassum spp. (sargasso) into the Mexican Caribbean Sea has caused major deterioration of the coastal environment and has affected the tourism industry as well as livelihoods since 2015. Species of Sargassum have high capacity to absorb metals; thus, leachates of sargasso may contribute to contamination by potentially toxic metals when they drain into the sea and into the groundwater when dumped in inadequate land deposits. Valorization of sargasso would contribute to sustainable management; therefore, knowledge on potentially toxic metal content is necessary to define possible uses of the algae. We present concentrations of 28 elements measured using a non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analyzer (XRF) in 63 samples of sargasso collected between August 2018 a

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Martinez RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7049257 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature