Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 95, Issue 1, Pages 155-165Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.04.028
Keywords
PAHs; Sediments; Sources; Alkylated PAHs; Toxicology; Spain
Funding
- IEO
- Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food an Environment
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Analysis of 35 parental and alkylated homologues of PAHs (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons) was carried out in eleven marine sediment samples collected along a central transect in the biggest Galician ria. The samples were collected using a box-core dredge and, after freeze-drying, were kept frozen until analysis. The sediments were extracted by PLE (Pressurized Liquid Extraction) procedure and the quantification of PAHs was performed using gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS) with the aid of deuterated PAH internal standards. The total concentration of studied PAHs (Sigma(35)PAHs) ranged from 44.8 to 7901 ng g(-1) dry weight (d.w.). The highest PAH concentrations were found in sediments collected near the harbour (7901 ng g(-1)) and the cleanest positions were located in the outer zone of the ria. To date, these results are the first data presented in the area so they could be used for regular monitoring and control of future pollution episodes. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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