Composition, Distribution, and Sources of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediments of the Gulf of Milazzo (Mediterranean Sea, Italy)

Bergamasco, A.; Culotta, Loredana; Stefano, Concetta De; Orecchio, Santino; Sammartano, Silvio; Barreca, Salvatore

doi:10.1080/10406638.2014.900642

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“…Close to the promontory, anthropogenic pressure is high, mainly due to the presence of oil refineries and associated marine traffic. Impacts on marine environment have been investigated by Bergamasco et al (2014), D'Alessandro et al (2016, Di Bella et al (2018), but only marginally they have been involved with the promontory coastal waters.…”

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Marine molluscs from Cape Milazzo (Sicily, Italy): a baseline

Giacobbe¹,

Notaristefano²

2018

Biodiversity Journal

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An original data set of 556 benthic mollusc taxa, as a first account of Cape Milazzo local biodiversity, is provided. Qualitative differences between more or less anthropized areas have been put in evidence, and species distribution according to the main habitat typologies has been detailed. The highest biodiversity was found in the northern sites, corresponding to the Zone A of the established marine protected area. Most mollusc species under the European Economic Community (EEC) and National protection, and other ones listed as threatened, have been recorded, and are mainly associated to priority habitats as phanerogams meadows and vermitid reefs. In the meantime, the settlement of not indigenous species, mainly of tropical origin, and disease affecting threatened organisms under EEC protection, testified the vulnerability of the local ecosystem under the global change threat.

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Marine molluscs from Cape Milazzo (Sicily, Italy): a baseline

Giacobbe¹,

Notaristefano²

2018

Biodiversity Journal

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“…Owing to their low aqueous solubility and hydrophobic nature, PAHs tend to associate with particulate material, which will finally be deposited into the underlying sediments in aquatic environments (Tolosa et al 1996;Johnsen et al 2005). The studies of concentrations and distribution of PAHs were mainly focused on coastal water and sediments in the past (Dickhut et al 2000;Wang et al 2001;Mai et al 2002;Yim et al 2005;Frenna et al 2013;Bergamasco et al 2014), while few investigated have been conducted to access the distribution and accumulation of PAHs in inland rivers (Manoli et al 2000;Chen et al 2004;Patrolecco et al 2010). Moreover, there is little information regarding PAH pollution in surface water and suspended particulate matter (SPM), especially in northeast China.…”

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Distribution characteristics and source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Liao River drainage basin, northeast China

Liu

Zhang

et al. 2016

Environ Monit Assess

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The Liao River drainage basin, which is one of China's seven major rivers basins, is located in northeast China. This region is characterized by important industrial bases including steel factories and oil and chemical plants, all of which have the potential to contribute pollutants to the drainage basin. In this study, 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water and suspended particulate matter (SPM) in the major rivers of the Liao River drainage basin were identified and quantified by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The total PAH concentrations ranged from 0.4 to 76.5 μg/g (dry weight) in SPM and 32.6 to 108 ng/L in surface water, respectively. Low-ring PAHs (including two-and three-ring PAHs) were dominant in all PAH samples, and the level of low-ring PAHs in surface water was higher than that in SPM. The proportion of two-ring PAHs was the highest, accounting for an average of 68.2 % of the total PAHs in surface water, while the level of three-ring PAHs was the highest in SPM, with an average of 66.3 %. When compared with other river systems, the concentrations of PAHs in the Liao River drainage basin were lower. Identification of the emission sources based on diagnostic ratios suggested petroleum and fossil fuel combustion were important contribution to PAHs in the study area.

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“…As a major reservoir of pollutants, the soil system is an important indicator of long-term environmental problems. Because of their persistency and hydrophobicity, PAHs are prone to enrichment in the soil matrix long after being adsorbed by the soil and sediment organic matter [7,8]. PAHs in soils can be transferred into agricultural products, further threatening human health [9,10].…”

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“…To identify the source of PAHs in soils, a wide variety of studies determined the specific isomeric ratios of PAHs [5,[18][19][20]. The ratio of low molecular weight PAHs (LMWPAHs) to those with high molecular weight (HMWPAHs), anthracene/(anthracene + phenanthrene), and fluoranthene/(fluoranthene + pyrene) are commonly used [5,8,21,22].…”

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Monitoring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations and distributions in rice paddy soils from Gyeonggi-do, Ulsan, and Pohang

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous pollutants that are released by incomplete combustion of carbon-containing materials. The top soils of rice paddies were collected from Gyeonggi-do (18 sites), Ulsan (20 sites), and Pohang (19 sites) in Korea to assess the spatial distribution and potential sources of PAHs. The total concentrations of 15 PAHs in the soils were 19.53-672.93, 125.01-3106.27, and 51.94-8106.21 mg/kg in Gyeonggi province, Ulsan, and Pohang, respectively. The concentration of 7 key carcinogenic PAHs were followed the order: Pohang (38.54-4826.63 ng/g) > Ulsan (28.54-1561.39 ng/g) > Gyeonggi province (19.53-206.51 ng/g). Three-ring PAHs were predominant in the soils from Gyeonggi-do while 3-5 ring compounds were abundant in the agricultural soils from the two industrial regions (Ulsan and Pohang). The PAH isomeric diagnostic ratios indicated that PAH contamination in the two cities mainly originated from pyrogenic sources. The principal component analysis indicated that pyrogenic coal burning and residential biomass combustion were major contributors to the soil contamination in the two cities. The transportation of PAHs through the air from industrial complexes and high volume of traffic may influence the PAHs distribution in the soils of the two cities in Korea.

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Composition, Distribution, and Sources of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediments of the Gulf of Milazzo (Mediterranean Sea, Italy)

Cited by 30 publications

References 66 publications

Marine molluscs from Cape Milazzo (Sicily, Italy): a baseline

Marine molluscs from Cape Milazzo (Sicily, Italy): a baseline

Distribution characteristics and source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Liao River drainage basin, northeast China

Monitoring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations and distributions in rice paddy soils from Gyeonggi-do, Ulsan, and Pohang

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