• T.Soundharya
• Dr.B.Dhanalakshmi
• Dr.J. Jegathesh Amalraj

Pollution, the introduction of contaminants by natural disaster and by human activities into the environment has a detrimental effect on any living organism in an that environment and making it virtually impossible to sustain life. Of these, heavy metals are regarded as one of the most serious pollutants of the aquatic environment because of their persistence and tendency to accumulate in aquatic organisms and in aquatic components. While, apart from water, sediments are one of the possible mediums in aquatic monitoring as they are known to capture hydrophobic chemicals pollutants entering water bodies. Thus, following standard Sediment Analysis Method the Ambarampalayam river sediment is monitored for the trace metals. The order of heavy metal is Fe>Zn>Mn>CU> Cd>Cr>Pb>Hg recorded respectively. Since long term exposure of such metals will bring about health and physiological problems in aquatic organisms which later on intake through food and water will bring deleterious health issue for consumers. According to the results, some management and conservation schemes to save rivers should be framed to enable the effective monitoring of both environmental quality and the health of the organisms inhabiting the riverine ecosystem.

Seasonal variations, Trace metals, Fresh water ecosystem, Pollutants

"ASSESSING THE TRACE METAL STATUS IN THE SEDIMENT OF AMBRAMPALAYAM RIVER, POLLACHI TALUK, TAMILNADU, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.628-632, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906379.pdf

"ASSESSING THE TRACE METAL STATUS IN THE SEDIMENT OF AMBRAMPALAYAM RIVER, POLLACHI TALUK, TAMILNADU, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp628-632, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906379.pdf