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Contamination and Sources Identification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water and Sediments of Annaba Bay Basin, Algeria

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Annaba gulf is a coastal area (southwestern Mediterranean Sea) that receives large diffuse inputs from Fertial plant, Seybouse wadi and Boujemaâ wadi, which are influenced by anthropogenic activities. Wastewaters and surface waters and sediments from these sites were analyzed for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (16 PAHs) by using gas chromatography system operating with the flame ionizing detector (FID). Total PAHs ranged from 0.033 to 0.503 µg L–1 in water, and from 32.44 to 509.58 µg kg–1dw in sediments. In order to identify pollution emission sources of PAHs, three source identification techniques were used, including diagnostic ratios, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA). The results show that the pollution originated mainly from pyrogenic inputs in water and sediments. Annaba Bay basin is contaminated mainly by heavy PAHs discards originated from domestic and industrial wastewaters and traffic emissions.

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  1. Laboratory of Geological Engineering, Team: Water-Environment, Jijel University, BP 98, 18000, Ouled Aissa, Jijel, Algeria

    Soumeya Khaled-Khodja

  2. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of exact sciences, Jijel University, BP 98, 18000, Ouled Aissa, Jijel, Algeria

    Hassen Cheraitia

  3. Public Laboratory Expertise and Analysis Consulting in Bretagne, C.S 10052, 29280, Plouzané, France

    Gaël Durand

  4. Materials and Environment Research Laboratory for Sustainable Development LR18ES10, ISSBAT, Tunis University El Manar, 1006, Tunis, Tunisia

    Semia Cherif

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Soumeya Khaled-Khodja, Cheraitia, H., Durand, G. et al. Contamination and Sources Identification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water and Sediments of Annaba Bay Basin, Algeria. Water Resour 48, 111–123 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S009780782101019X

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