Trace and major elements distribution in coastal sediment cores from Lagos Lagoon,Nigeria

Ekett, Simeon I. and Fred-Ahmadu, O.H. and Adedapo , E.A. and Benson, N. U. (2018) Trace and major elements distribution in coastal sediment cores from Lagos Lagoon,Nigeria. Data in Brief. pp. 93-100. ISSN 2352-3409

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Abstract

Heavymetalscontaminationinaquaticecosystemshasbeena majorconcern,however,noinformationisavailableaboutthe concentrations, depthdistributionsandecologicalrisksofheavy metals insedimentscoresfrommicrotidallagoonalecosystemin Lagos, Nigeria.Foursedimentcoreswerecollectedusinga 50 cm × 3.5 cmWildco®handcorer.Elementaldeterminations werecarriedoutusingtheMicrowavePlasmaAtomicEmission Spectrometry (4200MP-AES)afterextraction.Theconcentrations of heavymetalsinthesedimentcoresindicatedenhanceddegree of contaminationinfluenced byanthropogenicdischargesespe- cially industrialeffluents. Verticaldepthdistributionsindicated varieddepositionalperiodslargelycontrolledbyincreasing anthropogenicland-basedactivities.Theremarkablemetalpollu- tion ofcoresedimentsraisestheconcernpotentialsourcesof metals tothelagoonalecosystemandecologicalriskstothebiota, humans, andtheenvironment.Theresultsofelementalcon- centrations shouldbeconsideredasbaselinedataforheavymetals in sedimentsintheregion.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry
Depositing User:	Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	27 Feb 2019 14:05
Last Modified:	27 Feb 2019 14:05
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/12440

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