TY - JOUR
T1 - Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and metal evaluation after a diesel spill in Oaxaca, Mexico
AU - Salazar-Coria, L.
AU - Amezcua-Allieri, M. A.
AU - Tenorio-Torres, M.
AU - González-Macías, C.
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - Pollution in the marine environment due to a diesel spill takes days to months to complete natural remediation owing to its low volatility. Metal and PAH contamination caused by an accidental diesel spill were studied. V, Ni and Hg levels increased immediately after the spill, while PAH levels decreased after 1 month (79.4-7.6 μg kg -1). At the diesel spill point, fluoranthene exceeded acute and chronic levels, although most of the PAHs were within the range of low effects. In fish body burden, the highest bioaccumulation factor (2.63 for naphthalene) was related to the lower molecular weight PAHs.
AB - Pollution in the marine environment due to a diesel spill takes days to months to complete natural remediation owing to its low volatility. Metal and PAH contamination caused by an accidental diesel spill were studied. V, Ni and Hg levels increased immediately after the spill, while PAH levels decreased after 1 month (79.4-7.6 μg kg -1). At the diesel spill point, fluoranthene exceeded acute and chronic levels, although most of the PAHs were within the range of low effects. In fish body burden, the highest bioaccumulation factor (2.63 for naphthalene) was related to the lower molecular weight PAHs.
KW - Diesel spill
KW - PAH body burden
KW - PEL
KW - TEL
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=35248862559&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00128-007-9240-5
DO - 10.1007/s00128-007-9240-5
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0007-4861
VL - 79
SP - 462
EP - 467
JO - Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
JF - Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
IS - 4
ER -