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Title: Determination of polychlorinated biphenyl and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon marine regional Sediment Quality Guidelines within the European Water Framework Directive
Authors: Menchaca, Iratxe; Rodriguez, Jose German; Borja, Angel; Belzunce, Maria Jesus; Franco, Javier; Garmendia, Joxe Mikel; Larreta, Joana
Citation: CHEMISTRY AND ECOLOGY, 2014, 30, 693-700
Abstract: Marine regional Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQG) for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from the Basque coast (SE Bay of Biscay) were determined, on the basis of sediment chemistry, toxicity and benthic community disturbance from analysis of 756 estuarine and coastal samples. The SQG were calculated using a percentile approach (based upon effect and non-effect data), using non-normalised and normalised concentration, by total organic carbon. However, normalisation by total organic carbon did not result in any improvement in accuracy compared with non-normalised values. Hence, this study proposes non-normalised SQG values for assessment of the chemical and physicochemical status in marine waters in the Basque Country, within the Water Framework Directive: 24.6-29 mu gkg(-1) for total PCBs; 164-285 mu gkg(-1) for low molecular weight PAH; 922-1537 mu gkg(-1) for high molecular weight PAH; and 1607-2617 mu gkg(-1) for total PAH.
Keywords: Basque Coast; Sediment Quality Guidelines; Water Framework Directive; PCB; marine sediments; PAH; TOXICITY; PAHS
Issue Date: 2014
Publisher: TAYLOR \& FRANCIS LTD
Type: Article
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/02757540.2014.917175
URI: http://dspace.azti.es/handle/24689/315
ISSN: 0275-7540
E-ISSN: 1029-0370
Funder: Basque Water Agency
Spanish Ministry of Education and Sciences [CTM2006-13880-C03-03/MAR]
Appears in Publication types:Artículos científicos



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