TY - JOUR
T1 - Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination of the Southern Black Sea Shelf, Turkey
AU - Balkıs, Nuray
AU - Aksu, Abdullah
AU - Erşan, Mahmut S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements We thank the captain, crew, scientists and technicians on board of the R/V ARAR, Institute of Marine Sciences and Management of Istanbul University for their help during the collection of water samples. This work was supported by the Turkish Ministry of Environment.
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - Introduction: In this study, total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) contents and some aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations were analysed in coastal sediments of hot points collected from along the Southern Black Sea Shelf. Materials and methods: Surface sediment (0-2 cm) samples were collected from the locations using a Van Veen type grab sampler in September 2008 during a cruise on the Pollution Monitoring R/V ARAR. All sampling procedures were carried out according to internationally recognized guide-lines (UNEP 1991). Samples were analysed using a UV-fluorescence spec-trophotometry (UNEP/IOC/IAEA 1992) and gas chromatog- raphy (GC) via a Hewlett-Packard HP6890N series with a selective detector (GC-MSD) after hexane/ dichloromethane extraction. Results and discussion: The ratio C 17 /C 18 varied between 2. 2 and 2. 9 for the surface sediments of TRK 34Y (Samsun), TRK46 (Giresun), and TRK55 (Rize), respectively. These results showed higher marine organic matter accumulation. However, pyrolytic PAHs were found predominant in these areas. In contrast, petrogenic contributions were found at Stations TRK1 (İǧneada), TRK13 (Zonguldak), TRK53 (Trabzon) and TRK61 (Hopa). TPH contents of surface sediments varied between 0. 29 and 363 μg g -1 (dry wt) throughout the shelf. The lowest values were measured at Stations TRK1 (İǧneada) and TRK 19 (Barti{dotless}n), whereas the highest values were found at Stations TRK13 (Zonguldak) and TRK 53 (Trabzon).
AB - Introduction: In this study, total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) contents and some aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations were analysed in coastal sediments of hot points collected from along the Southern Black Sea Shelf. Materials and methods: Surface sediment (0-2 cm) samples were collected from the locations using a Van Veen type grab sampler in September 2008 during a cruise on the Pollution Monitoring R/V ARAR. All sampling procedures were carried out according to internationally recognized guide-lines (UNEP 1991). Samples were analysed using a UV-fluorescence spec-trophotometry (UNEP/IOC/IAEA 1992) and gas chromatog- raphy (GC) via a Hewlett-Packard HP6890N series with a selective detector (GC-MSD) after hexane/ dichloromethane extraction. Results and discussion: The ratio C 17 /C 18 varied between 2. 2 and 2. 9 for the surface sediments of TRK 34Y (Samsun), TRK46 (Giresun), and TRK55 (Rize), respectively. These results showed higher marine organic matter accumulation. However, pyrolytic PAHs were found predominant in these areas. In contrast, petrogenic contributions were found at Stations TRK1 (İǧneada), TRK13 (Zonguldak), TRK53 (Trabzon) and TRK61 (Hopa). TPH contents of surface sediments varied between 0. 29 and 363 μg g -1 (dry wt) throughout the shelf. The lowest values were measured at Stations TRK1 (İǧneada) and TRK 19 (Barti{dotless}n), whereas the highest values were found at Stations TRK13 (Zonguldak) and TRK 53 (Trabzon).
KW - Aliphatic hydrocarbons
KW - Aromatic hydrocarbons
KW - Black Sea
KW - Petroleum hydrocarbons
KW - Pollution monitoring
KW - Sediments
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U2 - 10.1007/s11356-011-0583-4
DO - 10.1007/s11356-011-0583-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 21822929
AN - SCOPUS:84856024079
SN - 0944-1344
VL - 19
SP - 592
EP - 599
JO - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
JF - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
IS - 2
ER -