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Determination and Origin Apportionment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Posidonia oceanica Samples around Gökçeada

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The study was carried out in Gökçeada, located in the North Aegean Sea in 2017, during winter and summer seasons and the concentrations of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) components were determined in P. oceanica type seagrass samples. Total PAH (TPAH) values ranged from 190.8 to 7668.7 ng g−1 dw during the sampling period. In addition, the source of pollution was investigated by using PAH ratios. According to the fluoranthene (FA) /pyrene (PY) ratio in the winter period, the origin of pollution is mostly pyrolytic, while in the summer period, according to the fluoranthene (FA) /pyrene (PY) and benzo(a)anthracene (BaA) /chrysene (CHR) ratio, the pollution origin was found to be petrogenic.

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The author thanks Sedat Ozan Güreşen (M.Sc.) for collecting samples with scuba diving, Assoc. Prof. Onur Gönülal for his kind help and Istanbul University Scientific Research Unit for supporting with the project number of 21681.

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BALCIOĞLU, E. Determination and Origin Apportionment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Posidonia oceanica Samples around Gökçeada. Thalassas 37, 51–56 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-020-00255-3

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