Impact of trace metals and nutrients levels on phyotplankton from the Kuwait Coast

摘要

The impact of marine pollution was estimated from seven stations of Kuwait coastal waters. The mean concentrations of all trace metals in seawater (0.07-7.04 μg/l) and in phyotplankton (14.09-52.01 μg/g) revealed less phytoplankton aboundance in Stations IV-VI during the four seasons. However, a relative surge in the phyotplankton abundance, with an increase in the mean concentrations of all trace metals in sewater (0.15-8.94μg/l) and phytoplankton (22.82-61.25 μg/g), was observed in Station II.