title: Sediment pollution by heavy metals in the Strymonikos and Ierissos Gulfs, North Aegean Sea, Greece.
abstract: Surface sediment samples from Strymonikos and Ierissos Gulfs were analyzed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Cr and Ni. The results showed that the sediment of Ierissos Gulf is more polluted with Cu, Pb, and Zn as compared to that of Strymonikos Gulf. The benthal area located off the load-out facility of the mining operations in the town of Stratoni, in Ierissos Gulf is established as the most polluted region. The distribution of Cr and Ni in both gulfs indicates the natural origin of these metals with the weathering of Strymon River and of other smaller rivers rocks being responsible for their enrichment.
authors.affiliation: National Agricultural Research Foundation, Fisheries Research Institute, Kavala, Greece. fri@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stamatis
authors.forename: Despina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ioannidouw
authors.forename: Achilleas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Christoforidis
authors.forename: Emmanouil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koutrakis
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D006115:Greece; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D008906:Mining; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D014873:Water Pollutants