Distribution of petroleum hydrocarbons and organochlorinated contaminants in marine biota and coastal sediments from the ROPME Sea Area during 2005 |
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Authors: | de Mora Stephen Tolosa Imma Fowler Scott W Villeneuve Jean-Pierre Cassi Roberto Cattini Chantal |
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Institution: | Marine Environment Laboratories, International Atomic Energy Agency, 4 quai Antoine 1er, MC 98000, Monaco |
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Abstract: | The composition and spatial distribution of various petroleum hydrocarbons (PHs), comprising both aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and selected chlorinated pesticides and PCBs were measured in biota and coastal sediments from seven countries in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman (Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates). Evidence of extensive marine contamination with respect to organochlorinated compounds and PHs was not observed. Only one site, namely the BAPCO oil refinery in Bahrain, was considered to be chronically contaminated. Comparison of the results from this survey for Σ DDTs and Σ PCBs in rock oysters from the Gulf of Oman with similar measurements made at the same locations over the past two decades indicates a temporal trend of overall decreasing Σ PCB concentrations in oysters, whereas Σ DDTs levels have little changed during that period. |
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Keywords: | Biota Sediments Pollution Petroleum hydrocarbons Organochlorinated compounds Gulf region |
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