title: Heavy metals contamination levels at the Coast of Aliağa (Turkey) ship recycling zone.
abstract: Aliağa Bay is one of the most important maritime zones of Turkey where shipping activity, shipbreaking industry, steel works and petrochemical complexes exist together. Concentrations of heavy metals and organic carbon in sediment of the Aliağa Bay were investigated to evaluate an environmental risk assessment from metals contamination in 2009-2010. Comparison of the metal concentrations with average shale and Mediterranean background levels revealed that most of the samples from the Aliağa were polluted with Hg, Cd, Pb, Cr, Cu, Zn, Mn and Ni. It was found that Hg, Pb, Cu, Zn and Ni levels in Aliağa Bay exceeded the PEL values. Sediments, contaminated with Pb, Cr, Cu, Zn and Ni were considered as heavily polluted per the SQG.
authors.affiliation: Dokuz Eylul University, Boat Building Research Center, 35340 Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gökdeniz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Neşer
authors.forename: Aynur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kontas
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Unsalan
authors.forename: Esin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Uluturhan
authors.forename: Oya
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Altay
authors.forename: Enis
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Darılmaz
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Küçüksezgin
authors.forename: Nermin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tekoğul
authors.forename: Funda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yercan
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D059027:Recycling; D012767:Ships; D014421:Turkey; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical