Preliminary Assessment of Trace Metal Pollution and Their Bioaccumulation in Mollusks Inhabiting the Intertidal Sediments of the Atlantic Coast of Accra, Ghana

Table 2

Heavy metal concentrations (μg/g) in sediments from the sampling sites.

Sites	Mn	Cu	Zn	Cr	Fe
Site 1 (S1)	7.76 ± 4.93 a	5.27 ± 3.62 a	1.30 ± 0.21 a,b	0.87 ± 0.32 a	1167.33 ± 184.85 a
Site 2 (S2)	9.3 ± 6.0 a	2.07 ± 0.33 a	2.47 ± 0.58 a	3.51 ± 1.52 a	2642.06 ± 460.21 b
Site 3 (S3)	1.63 ± 0.78 a	2.20 ± 0.7 a	1.37 ± 0.41 a,b	1.55 ± 0.29 a	1694.17 ± 186.50 a,b
Site 4 (S4)	1.93 ± 1.23 a	0.70 ± 0.25 a	0.50 ± 0.15 b	0.14 ± 0.13 a	659.42 ± 32.99 a

The values shown are mean ± SE (n = 3).