Author/Authors :
Ne?er، نويسنده , , G?kdeniz and Kontas، نويسنده , , Aynur and Unsalan، نويسنده , , Deniz and Altay، نويسنده , , Oya and Dar?lmaz، نويسنده , , Enis and Uluturhan، نويسنده , , Esin and Küçüksezgin، نويسنده , , Filiz and Teko?ul، نويسنده , , Nermin and Yercan، نويسنده , , Funda، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Aliağa Bay is one of the most important maritime zones of Turkey where shipping activity, shipbreaking industry, steel works and petrochemical complexes exist together. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and aliphatic hydrocarbons in sediment of the Aliağa Bay were investigated to evaluate an environmental risk assessment from PAHs contamination in 2009–2010. Aliphatic and PAHs diagnostic ratios were showed to be mainly petroleum-originated and pyrolitic contaminations, respectively. The TEL/PEL analysis suggests that Aliağa sediments were likely to be contaminated by acutely toxic PAH compounds.
Keywords :
Aliphatic hydrocarbons , Alia?a Bay , Sediment quality guidelines , Ship recycling , Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
