Assessment of marine pollution in Izmir Bay: Nutrient, heavy metal and total hydrocarbon concentrations

Küçüksezgi̇n, Fi̇li̇z; Kontaş, Aynur; Altay, Oya; Uluturhan, Esin; Darılmaz, Enis

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2005.04.007

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“…This result suggested the association of PHC with the grain size of sediment. According to Kucuksezgin et al (2006), concentrations of PHCs in unpolluted marine sediments were ranged from sub lg/g to 10 lg/g. The higher concentrations were found from harbor to Appikonda beach, due to anthropogenic sources.…”

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Environmental magnetic studies on surface sediments: a proxy for metal and hydrocarbon contamination

Venkatachalapathy

Rajeswari

Basavaiah

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Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Visakhapatnam is one of the major port cities, and it is developed into a hub of many large-and mediumscale industries. Due to growing industrialization and urbanization, coast is vulnerable to both organic and inorganic micro-pollutants. Twenty-five surface sediments were collected along the Visakhapatnam coast for the measurement of texture size, petroleum hydrocarbons, trace metals and environmental magnetic parameters. The percentage of coarser particles was more in the northern region, whereas the percentage of fine particles was increased toward south. Elevated levels of petroleum hydrocarbons and trace metals were attributed due to marine and land-based sources, in particular, those were due to shipping activities, treated and partially treated sewage and industrial wastes. The concentrations of trace metals, petroleum hydrocarbons and magnetic minerals were decreased from nearshore to seaward. Our results revealed that the magnetic mineralogy is dominated by magnetite with a small proportion of hematite, and the grain size of magnetic minerals was in the range of pseudo-single domain to multidomain nature with detrital origin. From the principal component analysis, the magnetic concentration and mineralogy-dependent parameters co-vary with the heavy metal and PHC concentrations, suggesting that the inputs of magnetic minerals, petroleum hydrocarbons and heavy metals in the Visakhapatnam shelf sediments were derived from the same anthropogenic sources. Thus, the large magnetic dataset can be used to reduce the number of chemical analysis; hence, environmental magnetic parameters were used as a proxy for both organic and inorganic micro-pollutants.

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Environmental magnetic studies on surface sediments: a proxy for metal and hydrocarbon contamination

Venkatachalapathy

Rajeswari

Basavaiah

et al. 2013

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…In addition, Izmir Bay provides a major contribution to the economic development of not only Izmir, but also to the Aegean region of Turkey. On the other hand, due to the many factories producing food, dyes, chemicals, textiles and metals , as well as domestic waste water, up to 2000 the bay has been exposed to heavy pollution (KUCUKSEZGIN et al, 2006;INAR et al, 2008). In 2000 the Izmir municipality developed a project called 'The Grand Canal Project' to prevent the flow of pollution into the bay.…”

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“…In 2000 the Izmir municipality developed a project called 'The Grand Canal Project' to prevent the flow of pollution into the bay. Current studies on pollution in the bay report that the primary pollution factors are now nutrients and/or organic matter rather than heavy metals (KUCUKSEZGIN et al, 2006;INAR et al, 2008).…”

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On the occurrence of Bursatella leachii de Blainville, 1817 in Izmir Bay, Turkey

Kazak¹,

Çavaş

2007

Medit. Mar. Sci.

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“…Therefore, sediments are ecologically important components of the marine environment and have been contaminated by inorganic and organic materials. They are composite minerals consisting of inorganic components, mineral particulates and organic matter in various stages of decomposition (Küçüksezgin et al, 2006).…”

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2012

Turk. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

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Assessment of marine pollution in Izmir Bay: Nutrient, heavy metal and total hydrocarbon concentrations

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Environmental magnetic studies on surface sediments: a proxy for metal and hydrocarbon contamination

Environmental magnetic studies on surface sediments: a proxy for metal and hydrocarbon contamination

On the occurrence of Bursatella leachii de Blainville, 1817 in Izmir Bay, Turkey

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