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dc.contributor.authorJayasekera, R.
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-04T05:53:00Z
dc.date.available2015-03-04T05:53:00Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.identifierBotanyen_US
dc.identifier.citationJayasekera, R. (1994). Pattern of distribution of selected trace elements in the marine brown alga, Sargassum filipendula Ag. from Sri Lanka. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 16 (2): 70-75.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/5508
dc.description.abstractBaseline concentrations together with biological variations of 29 trace elements (Ag, As, Au, Ba, Br, Cd, Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Eu, Fe, Hf, I, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Rb, Sb, Sc, Se, Sm, Sr, Tb, Th, Yb, Zn and Zr) were investigated in the brown alga, Sargassum filipendula collected from the western coast of Sri Lanka. Several elements (Co, Cr, Fe, Hf, Ni, Sc, Se, Th, Zr and the rare earth elements) were found to be enriched in S. filipendula compared to NIES No. 9 Sargasso reference material. Concentration of strontium in S. filipendula was highest at all sites. Chemical abundance of the rare earth elements decreased approximately linearly with increasing atomic numbers. The pattern of elemental distribution appears to be due to the fact that S. filipendula seems capable of concentrating high levels of trace elements under conditions of their very low availability in sea water. Concentration factors for elements in S. filipendula lie in a higher range compared with those reported in the literaure for brown algae.en_US
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dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishersen_US
dc.titlePattern of distribution of selected trace elements in the marine brown alga, Sargassum filipendula Ag. from Sri Lankaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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