Heavy metal contamination and its ecological risks in the beach sediments along the Atlantic Ocean (Limbe coastal fringes, Cameroon)

Armel Zacharie Ekoa Bessa1, Gabriel Ngueutchoua2, Annick Kwewouo Janpou2, Yasser A. El‐Amier3, Odilia-Alexandra Njike Njome Mbella Nguetnga2, Ulrich Romaric Kankeu Kayou2, Salomon Bertrant Bissé2, Elise Colette Ngo Mapuna2, John S. Armstrong‐Altrin4
1Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box: 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
2Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
3Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
4Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias del mar y Limnología, Unidad de Procesos Oceánicos y Costeros, Mexico City, Mexico

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