Highly contaminated areas as sources of pollution for adjoining ecosystems: The case of Augusta Bay (Central Mediterranean)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 417-426

  Di Leonardo, R ^a   Mazzola, A ^a   Tramati, C D ^a   Vaccaro, A ^a   Vizzini, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediterranean sea; PAHs; Pollution; Sediments; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; CONTAMINATED AREAS; CONTAMINATED MATERIALS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH); SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; ARSENIC; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CHRYSENE; COBALT; COPPER; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; LEAD; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NAPHTHALENE; NICKEL; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ITALY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; AQUATIC SPECIES; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; TOXICITY;

AUGUSTA BAY; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; SIRACUSA;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BAYS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ITALY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84913594037     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.10.023     Document Type: Article

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