Recognizing different impacts of human and natural sources on the spatial distribution and temporal trends of PAHs and PCBs (including PCB-11) in sediments of the Nador Lagoon (Morocco)》.pdf

Science of the Total Environment 526 (2015) 346–357 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Science of the Total Environment journal homepage: /locate/scitotenv Recognizing different impacts of human and natural sources on the spatial distribution and temporal trends of PAHs and PCBs (including PCB-11) in sediments of the Nador Lagoon (Morocco) Silvia Giuliani a,⁎, Rossano Piazza b,c, Bouchta El Moumni d,e, Fabio Paolo Polo b,c, Marco Vecchiato c,f, Stefania Romano a, Stefano Zambon b, Mauro Frignani a, Luca Giorgio Bellucci a a CNR-Institute of Marine Sciences, Via Gobetti 101, Bologna, Italy b Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca Foscari Univ. of Venice, Dorsoduro 2137, Venice, Italy c CNR-Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes, Dorsoduro 2137, Venice, Italy d Dept. of Earth Sciences and Oceanography, Univ. of Tangier, Tangier, Morocco e Polydisciplinary Faculty of Larache, BP 745 Route de Rabat, Larache, Morocco f Dept of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, Univ. of Siena, Via Laterina 8, Siena, Italy H I G H L I G H T S G R A P H I C A L A B S T R A C T • PAH inputs in sediments of the Nador Lagoon are generally petrogenic. • PAH pyrogenic inputs characterise the period 1930–1960 near Nador city. • PCB Aroclor mixtures are well recogniz- able in surface non-degraded sediments. • PCB microbial anaerobic degradation is recorded from 1950 to 1990 in the SW lagoon. • Different land uses control PAH and PCB levels and compositions in lagoon sediments. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: