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Dissolved Copper, Nickel and Lead in Tampamachoco Lagoon and Tuxpan River Estuary in the SW Gulf of Mexico

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In order to estimate the effects of a thermal power plant, physicochemical parameters and the concentrations of copper, nickel and lead were evaluated in water from both Tampamachoco Lagoon and the estuary of the Tuxpan River. Average salinities were 33.66 ups in the lagoon area, 32.77 ups in the channel that joins the lagoon and the river, and 24.74 ups in the river estuary. Total average metal concentrations were 21.95 for Cu, 29.67 for Ni and 4.31 µ/L for Pb. Sampling point 1 and samples from the bottom water of the lagoon present the highest salinities and concentrations of suspended matter, TOC, Cu, Ni and Pb.These high values may be associated with the infiltration of sea water either from plant operation or from the channel that connects the lagoon with the sea.

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Acknowledgments

Dr. A. Vázquez-Botello for the support given in the collection of samples, to S. Santiago for her technical assistance in sample analysis, to L.F. Álvarez-Sánchez for processing the figures, to the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), Mexico, for funding through the scholarship program (No 209683/202662), and to S.H. Ponce Wainer for proofreading the English manuscript.

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    E. P. Garduño Ruiz

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    L. Rosales Hoz & A. Carranza Edwards

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Garduño Ruiz, E.P., Rosales Hoz, L. & Carranza Edwards, A. Dissolved Copper, Nickel and Lead in Tampamachoco Lagoon and Tuxpan River Estuary in the SW Gulf of Mexico. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 97, 490–496 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-016-1904-6

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