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Trace metals contaminations which impact littoral ecosystems result mainly from human activities (industrial, agricultural, or urban). Thus, the particles exported and accumulated in the coastal sediments are accurate anthropic pressure gauges on this kind of environment. Spatial variations of major and trace elements concentrations in the sediments of Ghazaouet Bay (Western coast of Algeria) have...