摘要：The concentrations of ten elements and trace metals, iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As) and mercury (Hg) were determined in the surface sediment collected from the coastal area of Montenegro. The metal content in the sediment collected from ten locations over two different years were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient (r) and cluster analysis (CA). A correlation between the metal levels found in the sediments, for both years 2005 and 2006, was established. The metal pollution indexes (MPI) for the sediment were compared, confirming that the most polluted were locations S-9 and S-10. The geo-accumulation index (Igeo) was calculated using soil values as the background or pristine values. Extreme Igeo values (strongly polluted) were found only for Ni, Cd and Hg, each at a different single location.
