“…Guanabara Bay in Brazil (Alaoui et al, 2010) Zn Acid mine, mine, coke, ore, paints manufacturing, steel industry, industrial/domestic sewage, antifouling paints, oil spill (Osher et al, 2006;Nieto et al, 2007;Moreno et al, 2011;Popadic et al, 2013;Brady et al, 2014) 1005.00 Moulay Bousselham in Morocco (Borges et al, 2014) Pb Metal refineries/production, coal burning, metal refineries/ production, cement production, shipbuilding companies, natural weathering, oil spill (Moreno et al, 2011;Popadic et al, 2013;Chae et al, 2014) 384.68 Egyptian Mediterranean coast (El-Sorogy et al, 2016) Cd Acid mine, mine, coke, ore, lithogenic, phosphate fertilizers (Osher et al, 2006;Nieto et al, 2007;Dou et al, 2013;Brady et al, 2014) 28.88 Egyptian Mediterranean coast (El-Sorogy et al, 2016) Cr Paints manufacturing, oil combustion, geogenic source, shipping (combustion of oils), antifouling agents, oil spill (Osher et al, 2006;Moreno et al, 2011;Popadic et al, 2013;Brady et al, 2014;Keshavarzi et al, 2015) 347.00 Dhamara Estuary in India (Satapathy and Panda, 2015) Ni Oil combustion, geogenic source (Brady et al, 2014;Keshavarzi et al, 2015) 480 (Osher et al, 2006;Choi et al, 2007;Nieto et al, 2007;Popadic et al, 2013;Brady et al, 2014;Looi et al, 2015) 22.07 Kongsfjorden in Norway (Z. Lu et al, 2013) There have been few studies on the temporal trend of metal contamination on a global scale.…”