Spatial distribution, sources and ecological risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface seawater from Yangpu Bay, China

• Published in: Marine pollution bulletin Vol. 93; no. 1-2; pp. 53 - 60
• Main Authors: Li, Ping, Cao, Jia, Diao, Xiaoping, Wang, Baihua, Zhou, Hailong, Han, Qian, Zheng, Pengfei, Li, Yuhu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 15.04.2015
• Subjects: Bays - chemistry; China; coasts; Ecological risk assessment; Ecology; environmental assessment; Environmental Monitoring; Marine; Oil contamination; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - analysis; risk; Risk Assessment; Seasons; seawater; Seawater - chemistry; Source; summer; Surface seawater; United States; United States Environmental Protection Agency; water pollution; winter; Yangpu Bay; USA; ISEW, China, People's Rep., Hainan Prov., Yangpu; China, People's Rep; China; Yangpu Bay; Oil contamination; Surface seawater; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Source; Ecological risk assessment

•The status and composition of fourteen PAHs in surface seawater were studied.•PAHs displayed spatial and temporal variations in the concentration and composition pattern.•The primary source of PAHs in surface seawater was petrogenic contamination.•The potential ecological risk of individual PAHs ha...