Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 64, Issue 9, Pages 1962-1969Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.05.023
Keywords
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Sediment; Zhanjiang Bay; Leizhou Bay
Funding
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 908 special survey project for water environment of Guangdong Province
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
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The concentrations and spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons have been investigated in two adjacent bays of Zhanjiang and Leizhou, China. The total concentrations of the 16 USEPA priority PAHs were ranged from 41.96 to 933.90 ng/g dry weight with an average concentration of 315.98 ng/g and ranged from 21.72 to 319.61 ng/g with an average concentration of 103.91 ng/g in Zhanjiang and Leizhou Bays, respectively. The spatial distribution of PAHs was site-specific and appeared to be somewhat positively correlated with TOC and negatively correlated with sediment grain size in the two bays. The values of Phe/Ant, BaA/228 and InP/276 were higher than 10, less than 0.2, and from 0.2 to 0.5, respectively, indicating that the sources of PAHs in the two bays were mainly from petroleum and its combustion, which predominantly originated from those ships and boats coming and going in the two bays. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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