Spatial and temporal distribution of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations in soils of an industrialized city in Turkey

SALİHOĞLU G., SALİHOĞLU N. K., AKSOY E., TAŞDEMİR Y.

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, cilt.92, sa.3, ss.724-732, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 92 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.10.019
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.724-732
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Homologue groups, Total organic carbon, Indicator congeners, Dioxin-like congeners, Air-soil flux, Principal-component analysis, PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS, POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS, HISTORICAL EMISSION INVENTORY, DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS, ADIPOSE-TISSUE, DRY DEPOSITION, SURFACE SOILS, URBAN SOILS, BLACK-SEA, AIR
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Surface soil (0-5 cm) samples from 43 sampling sites covering the entire urban territory of Bursa, an industrialized city in Turkey, were collected in each season and analyzed for 83 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The mean concentration of total PCBs (Sigma 83 PCBs) among all sites over the four seasons was 2121.51 pg/g dry weight (dw), with a range of 207.61-5461.95 pg/g dw. Total PCB concentrations in the soil samples collected near an industrial region were the highest in all seasons.