Spatial distribution of total petroleum hydrocarbons in the seawater and sediment of Southeast coast of India.

Autor: Barath Kumar S; Ministry of Earth Sciences, National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Government of India, NIOT Campus, Pallikaranai, Chennai, 600100, India., Savurirajan M; Ministry of Earth Sciences, National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Government of India, NIOT Campus, Pallikaranai, Chennai, 600100, India., Raja P; Ministry of Earth Sciences, National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Government of India, NIOT Campus, Pallikaranai, Chennai, 600100, India., Marigoudar SR; Ministry of Earth Sciences, National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Government of India, NIOT Campus, Pallikaranai, Chennai, 600100, India. srmarigoudar@nccr.gov.in., Sharma KV; Ministry of Earth Sciences, National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Government of India, NIOT Campus, Pallikaranai, Chennai, 600100, India., Ramana Murthy MV; Ministry of Earth Sciences, National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Government of India, NIOT Campus, Pallikaranai, Chennai, 600100, India.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Environmental monitoring and assessment [Environ Monit Assess] 2023 Sep 13; Vol. 195 (10), pp. 1203. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 13.
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-11787-5
Abstrakt: The spatial distribution of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) were analysed in the seawater and sediment samples collected from 27 locations along the Southeast coast of India. A first-time assessment was carried out on the distribution of TPH in both water and sediments for the entire coastline of Tamil Nadu. The concentration of TPH in seawater showed large spatial variation ranging from below detection level (BDL) to 47.5 μg/L and 0.01 to 53.12 μg/L in the surface and bottom waters, respectively. TPH levels exceeded the regulatory limits specified by FAO, China's Marine Monitoring Standards and the European Community in the seawater samples of Thoothukudi harbour (S2 station). The results showed that seawaters of southern stations were comparatively more polluted with TPH. TPH values in sediment were between 2.33 and 30.07 μg/g, and their levels remained below the Marine Sediment Quality Standard (500 μg/g). The spatial profile of TPH in sediments were contrasting to that observed for seawater. Higher TPH values were observed in sediments of the northern region than southern. TPH contents are strongly correlated with clay (R 2  = 0.776; P < 0.001) and silt (R 2  = 0.648; P < 0.001); conversely, there is a significant negative correlation between TPH and sand (R 2  = 0.753; P < 0.001). ANOVA analysis demonstrated a significant difference (F = 11.75; p < 0.01) between the TPH concentrations of water and sediments. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (nMDS) was performed to determine the similarity among sampling stations that formed five crusted groups. Sediment along the southeast coast can be categorised as slightly polluted with respect to TPH as per the ATSDR standards.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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