Vanadium and Cadmium in Water from the Perdido Area, Northwest of the Gulf of Mexico: 2 years’ Monitoring and Current Status

• Published in: Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology Vol. 108; no. 1; pp. 37 - 42
• Main Authors: Arcega-Cabrera, F., Gold-Bouchot, G., Lamas-Cosío, E., Dótor-Almazán, A., Ceja-Moreno, V., Zapata-Pérez, O., Oceguera-Vargas, I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.01.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic Pollution; Burning; Cadmium; Cadmium - analysis; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental Monitoring; Fossil fuels; Gulf of Mexico; Human influences; Hydrodynamics; Pollution; Soil Science & Conservation; Spatial variations; Surface water; Temporal variations; Vanadium; Vanadium - analysis; Waste Water Technology; Wastewater; Wastewater pollution; Water; Water analysis; Water Management; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollution Control; Water sampling; Gulf of Mexico; Mexico; Perdido foldbelt; Cadmium; Gulf of Mexico; Vanadium; Seawater; Metal variation
• ISSN: 0007-4861; 1432-0800
• DOI: 10.1007/s00128-021-03212-9

Surface water samples from the Perdido study area presented Cd and V concentrations similar to those reported internationally for waters with: (1) fossil fuel extraction, processing and burning, and (2) sites polluted by anthropogenic wastewater. Results showed an order of magnitude increase in time for Cd, therefore, no general average value was established. For V, however, results of this study suggest a general average value of 1.4 µg L −1 for the area. The observed spatial variation of concentrations could be the result of: (1) temporal variation of external inputs to the area, and coincide with previously reported hydrodynamic patterns of dispersion related to significant river contributions and accumulation areas indicative of eddy circulation or fronts. The Perdido area showed Cd and V concentrations in surface water reflective of anthropogenic impacts, while its spatial and temporal variation could depend significantly on the hydrodynamics of the area.