BRBORIC, Maja, Branislav VRANA, Jelena RADONIC, Mirjana Vojinovic MILORADOV and Maja Turk SEKULIC. Spatial distribution of PAHs in riverbed sediments of the Danube River in Serbia: Anthropogenic and natural sources. JOURNAL OF THE SERBIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. BELGRADE, SERBIA: SERBIAN CHEMICAL SOC, 2019, vol. 84, No 12, p. 1439-1453. ISSN 0352-5139. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2298/JSC190129056B.
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Original name Spatial distribution of PAHs in riverbed sediments of the Danube River in Serbia: Anthropogenic and natural sources
Authors BRBORIC, Maja, Branislav VRANA (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Jelena RADONIC, Mirjana Vojinovic MILORADOV and Maja Turk SEKULIC (guarantor).
Edition JOURNAL OF THE SERBIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, BELGRADE, SERBIA, SERBIAN CHEMICAL SOC, 2019, 0352-5139.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30304 Public and environmental health
Country of publisher Serbia
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 1.097
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/19:00113494
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/JSC190129056B
UT WoS 000506674800009
Keywords in English polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; contaminant pattern; aquatic sediment
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
The top layer of riverbed sediments from 10 sites along the Danube River in Serbia were analysed for the presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Potential sources of pollution were identified using different multivariate techniques. Total concentrations of 29 PAHs in sediment samples ranged from 128.27 to 676.85 mu g/kg dry weight. Based on these concentrations and PAH patterns, a clear spatial distribution of examined localities was determined. The diagnostic ratios indicated a pyrolytic origin of PAHs, except for two sites where PAH contamination originated from petrogenic sources. The Varimax rotated principal component analysis revealed three main factors, namely coal, wood, and biomass combustion; vehicular emissions; and natural sources; accounting for 92.1 % of the variance in the original datasets. The sites with different pollution load, depending on main sources identified, were arranged by hierarchical cluster analysis. The results were compared with sediment quality guidelines, and the obtained values of equilibrium partitioning sediment benchmarks toxic unit and total toxic equivalent quantities of benzo[a]pyrene suggested that Danube sediments do not pose an elevated ecotoxicological risk for benthic organisms.
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EF16_013/0001761, research and development projectName: RECETOX RI
LM2015051, research and development projectName: Centrum pro výzkum toxických látek v prostředí (Acronym: RECETOX RI)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
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