scholarly journals Relationship between soft bottom macrofauna and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from smelter discharge in Norwegian fjords and coastal waters

1998 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 39-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Oug ◽  
K Næs ◽  
B Rygg
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Soft Bottom ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in oysters from coastal waters of the Lebanon 10 months after the Jiyeh oil spill in 2006

2008 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 1215-1218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole Kelly ◽  
David Santillo ◽  
Paul Johnston ◽  
Ghalia Fayad ◽  
Kerry L. Baker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

scholarly journals Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in water, sediments and aquatic life of Nigerian inland and coastal waters

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 01-012
Author(s):  
Onome Augustina Bubu-Davies ◽  
Benjamin Bameyi Otene ◽  
Mpakaboari Vellington Cephas Ebini
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbon ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Aquatic Organisms ◽  
Hydrocarbon Contamination ◽  
Aquatic Life ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Public Monitoring

formed during incomplete combustions of organic substances but few to be mention such as cigarettes, coal etc. They are usually found as a mixture containing two or more compounds such as soot. The emissions of PAHs in Nigeria have contributed significantly to the environment and live of aquatic organisms. Thus, this paper reviewed the contamination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) in the water, sediments and organisms in inland and coastal waters. Methodology: Literatures of relevant and previous studies of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the water, sediment and organism within and outside Nigeria were reviewed. Results: The contamination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was known to be carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic and can cause adverse effect on human health, wildlife and aquatic lives with no report on mammals in the aquatic environments. Conclusion and Recommendation: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) reviewed displayed different effects caused in the lives of human and aquatic organism based on the concentration level. Their sources were more of anthropogenic than natural source with varied concentrations at various source points due to different activities in question. The positive impact of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon on fish and other aquatic organisms as a result of bioconcentration, biotransformation and biomagnification become a threat to humans that rely on eighty percent of aquatic resources. Therefore, conceived efforts should be made to reduce these effects, general public monitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon on discharge sources in the biosphere.

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN OYSTERS (CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA) FROM GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS, ANALYZED BY HIGH-PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY

1981 ◽  
Vol 1981 (1) ◽  
pp. 341-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard F. Lee ◽  
Dorothy Lehsau ◽  
Michael Madden ◽  
William Marsh
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Fluorescence Spectra ◽  
Reverse Phase ◽  
Reverse Phase Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Phase Liquid ◽  
Kings Bay

ABSTRACT A number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were detected in oysters from sites in coastal Georgia with analysis by reverse-phase liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. Compounds were identified by collection of peaks and comparison of excitation and emission fluorescence spectra with authentic standards. Major PAH in the oysters from the ports of Savannah and Brunswick included methylfluorene, anthracene, 2,3-benzofluorene, methylpyrene, 2,3-benzanthracene, benzo(b) fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, and benzo(a)pyrene. Concentrations of most PAH were low in oysters from Skidaway River, which is part of the intracoastal waterway, and Kings Bay submarine base. The concentration of benzo(a)pyrene, a well known carcinogen, was 0.5 micrograms per kilogram in Brunswick and Savannah but was not detected (less than 0.01 micrograms per kilogram) in Skidaway River and Kings Bay.

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