Abstract
Pakistan has a vast coastal line of 1120 km bordering the northeast Arabian Sea. The mangrove forest in Bhira village, Miani Hor, Balochistan coast, Pakistan is spread over an area of about 2500 hectares which represents 42% of total covered mangrove forest in Balochistan. The study site, Bhira village, Miani Hor is continuously receiving continues amount of heavy metals from effluents and discharge of different rivers and industries and ship breaking yard. The results of analysis showed that concentrations of Fe, Cd and Pb were high in Rhizophora mucronata collected from Bhira village, Miani Hor, Balochistan.
