Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 124, Issue 1, Pages 502-511Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.07.033
Keywords
Heavy metals; Marine sediment pollution; Morphological control; Enrichment factor; Geo-accumulation index; Ecological risk
Funding
- Captaincy of the Port of Pozzuoli
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The distribution of metals in surface sediments of Gulf of Pozzuoli (GoP), embedding the former second Italian largest integrated steelworks of Bagnoli, was studied based on sediment dispersal, quality guidelines (SQGs) and quantitative pollution indices of the respective metals. As, Cd, Hg, Pb, Zn largely exceeded the limits. Hg had a mean of 5.8 mg/kg, twentyfold higher the rule, accumulating primarily near Bagnoli site. The mean effective range quotient, m-ERM-Q, revealed a high potential for negative biological effects especially in the area nearby the Bagnoli site. The enrichment factor (EF) values were outstandingly high, > 1 .5 with values which were often >= 100. The geoaccumulation index, Igeo, was very critical for Cr, Cu, Hg and Ni, showing an Igeo in the range of strongly polluted (4 < Igeo < 5) and very strongly polluted (Igeo > 5). The principal component analysis (PCA) and Pearson's correlation matrix (CM), excluded significant contribution from weathering products.
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