Potential effects of heavy metal pollution from a cement factory near Saudi Arabia's largest green turtle rookery.

Results and discussion The influence of wind dispersion on the distribution of heavy metals at turtle nesting beaches near the cement factory The impact of the prevailing wind direction on the distribution of heavy metals at each beach location relative to the Yanbu Cement Factory showed an overall trend of decreasing concentration as follows: Downwind 1, Downwind 2, Factory, and Upwind (Fig. 2 ).

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Some beaches showed moderate contamination with Cr, Cu, and Ni, with an increasing trend in the following order: CF Upwind < CF Factory < CF Downwind 1 < CF Downwind 2 .

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