Publications by authors named "Abdulilah K Alduwais"
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- Mangroves play a crucial role in mitigating and adapting to climate change but are at risk from pollutants like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
- In a study conducted in August 2013, mangrove seawater and sediment samples from two areas along the Red Sea Coast were analyzed, revealing higher PAH concentrations in sediments from Sharam but higher levels in seawater from Alkhor.
- Dominant PAH components included phenanthrene and pyrene, with different patterns of aromatic ring abundance observed in seawater and sediment, indicating varying sources of pollution—petrogenic for sediments and pyrogenic for seawater.
Urban street dust was collected from 22 locations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and nine metals (Pb, Cr, Zn, Co, Cu, Al, Fe, Mn, and Ni) were investigated. The concentrations of these metals were employed in several common contamination evaluation indices to examine the contamination and the health risk caused by metals. Evaluation of these indices showed that they had variable degrees of contamination sensitivity.
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