Trace element composition of size-fractionated suspended particulate matter samples from the Qatari Exclusive Economic Zone of the Arabian Gulf: the role of atmospheric dust

Yigiterhan, Oguz; Al-Ansari, Ebrahim Mohd; Nelson, Alex; Abdel-Moati, Mohamed Alaa; Turner, Jesse; Alsaadi, Hamood Abdulla; Paul, Barbara; Al-Maslamani, Ibrahim Abdullatif; Al-Ansi Al-Yafei, Mehsin Abdulla; Murray, James W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-381-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-381-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-381-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 2

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27 Jan 2020

Research article |

| 27 Jan 2020

Trace element composition of size-fractionated suspended particulate matter samples from the Qatari Exclusive Economic Zone of the Arabian Gulf: the role of atmospheric dust

Oguz Yigiterhan, Ebrahim Mohd Al-Ansari, Alex Nelson, Mohamed Alaa Abdel-Moati, Jesse Turner, Hamood Abdulla Alsaadi, Barbara Paul, Ibrahim Abdullatif Al-Maslamani, Mehsin Abdulla Al-Ansi Al-Yafei, and James W. Murray

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Trace Element Composition of Plankton from the Qatari Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Arabian Gulf O. Yigiterhan, E. M. Al-Ansari, A. Nelson, M. A. Abdel-Moati, J. Turner, H. A. Alsaadi, B. Paul, I. A. Al-Maslamani, A.-Y. M. A. Al-Ansi, and J. W. Murray https://doi.org/10.17882/71591

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We analyze net-tow samples of plankton and associated particulate matter from the Exclusive Economic Zone, Qatar, Arabian Gulf, using net tows with mesh sizes of 50 and 200 μm to examine the composition of plankton populations. We also focus on the role and composition of the atmospheric dust, representative of terrigenous material, deposited in the Gulf. We concluded that Al, Fe, Cr, Co, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Li are of dust origin and As, Cd, Cu, Mo, Zn, and Ca are of anthropogenic/biogenic origin.