Assessment of concentration, bioaccumulation and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in zooplankton of Chabahar Bay

Morteza Ziyaadini; Ali Mehdinia; Leila Khaleghi; Mahmoud Nassiri

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.02.045

Assessment of concentration, bioaccumulation and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in zooplankton of Chabahar Bay

Mar Pollut Bull. 2016 Jun 15;107(1):408-412. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.02.045. Epub 2016 Mar 2.

Authors

Morteza Ziyaadini¹, Ali Mehdinia², Leila Khaleghi¹, Mahmoud Nassiri¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Marine Chemistry, Faculty of Marine Science, Chabahar Maritime University, Chabahar, Iran.
² Department of Marine Living Science, Ocean Sciences Research Center, Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: mehdinia@inio.ac.ir.

PMID: 26944700
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.02.045

Abstract

The amounts and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) in the zooplankton community of Chabahar Bay were investigated. The highest amounts of total PAHs (tPAHs) in the water and zooplankton samples were 62.2ngL(-1) and 1478.6ngg(-1) dry weights, in near the Shahid Beheshti Port and desalination, respectively. The greatest amount of BAF (51,780) was obtained in the entry of Bay, and it was related to the phenanthrene accumulation. Using molecular ratio, the results showed that the major input source of PAH compounds in zooplankton of Chabahar Bay was pyrolytic (fuel) source.

Keywords: Bioaccumulation factor; Chabahar Bay; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Pyrolytic source; Zooplankton.

MeSH terms

Animals
Bays
Environmental Monitoring
Geologic Sediments
Indian Ocean
Iran
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / analysis*
Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*
Zooplankton*

Substances

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Water Pollutants, Chemical