Spatial distribution and source identification of persistent organic pollutants in the sediments of the Yesilirmak River and coastal area in the Black Sea

Dinc B., ÇELEBİ A., Avaz G., Canl O., Guzel B., EREN B., ...More

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN, vol.172, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 172
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112884
  • Journal Name: MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Artic & Antarctic Regions, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, EMBASE, Environment Index, Geobase, MEDLINE, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Keywords: PCDD/Fs, Black Sea, Source identification, Sediment, POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS, DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS, POLYCHLORINATED-BIPHENYLS PCBS, ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES OCPS, SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS, SURFACE SEDIMENTS, BALTIC SEA, PAHS, ESTUARY, PCDD/FS
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Surface sediments from the Yes,ilirmak River and the near coastal area in the Black Sea were collected using sediment traps to assess the spatial distributions of persistent organic pollutants and find their potential sources. Analyses were carried out to determine the concentrations of the persistent organic pollutants of seventeen polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, sixteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, seven polychlorinated biphenyls, and eight organochlorine pesticides using high-resolution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry systems. Analysis showed that the three main components of persistent organic pollutants (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and organochlorine pesticides) primary sources are industrial activities. In addition, the widespread occurrence of persistent organic pollutants in the watershed surface sediments taken from the Yes,ilirmak River basin showed that agricultural and urban areas are also diffuse persistent organic pollutants sources.