Polychlorinated naphthalenes in sediments from the Venice and Orbetello lagoons, Italy

Authors
Eljarrat, E Caixach, J Jimenez, B Gonzalez, MJ Rivera, J
Citation
E. Eljarrat et al., Polychlorinated naphthalenes in sediments from the Venice and Orbetello lagoons, Italy, CHEMOSPHERE, 38(8), 1999, pp. 1901-1912
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
CHEMOSPHERE
ISSN journal
00456535 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1901 - 1912
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(199904)38:8<1901:PNISFT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the contamination caused by polyc hlorinated naphthalenes in two polluted Mediterranean lagoons. Surface sedi ment samples from Venice and Orbetello lagoons were analysed using HRGC-HRM S. The levels of the sum of mono- to octa-CN ranged from 0.03 to 1.51 ng/g. Differences in PCN levels were observed as a function of the sampling site , with levels at the industrial sites exceeding those at the control sites. Although the PCN patterns and profiles resembled one another in different sediment samples, they differed considerably when compared with those in th e technical PCN formulation Halowax 1014. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. Al l rights reserved.