Assessment of the Moroccan Mediterranean Coasts Contamination by Hydrocarbons (Non Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Linear Alkylbenzenes)英文文献资料.docVIP

International Journal of Geosciences, 2011, 2, 562-572 doi:10.4236/ijg.2011.24059 Published Online November 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ijg) Assessment of the Moroccan Mediterranean Coasts Contamination by Hydrocarbons (Non Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Linear Alkylbenzenes) Saida Bouzid , Soumaya Khannous , Ioanna Bouloubassi , Alain Saliot , Hassan Er Raioui 1* 1 2 2 1 Equipe Géosciences et Environnement, Département des Sciences de la Terre, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques à Tanger, Ancienne route de l’aviation, Tanger, Maroc 1 2 LOCEAN-IPSL, UMR 7159, CNRS/IRD/UPMC/MNHN, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France E-mail: sur24@yahoo.fr Received April 6, 2011; revised August 16, 2011; accepted September 28, 2011 Abstract In order to evaluate the contamination of the Moroccan Mediterranean coasts by persistent organic pollutants we studied hydrocarbons and linear alkylbenzenes in bivalve tissues (cockles) collected seasonally from sev- eral points along the western Moroccan coasts in the Mediterranean Sea. Two fractions corresponding to non aromatic and aromatic hydrocarbons were analyzed by GC/FID and GC/MS. Non aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations vary in the range of 24.1 - 2731 μg/g dry weight (dw) while total n-alkanes vary from 2.2 to 68.2 μg/g. Few exceptions were noted with values up to 243 μg/g (dw), which is high compared to other Mediterranean sites. The presence of an important unresolved complex mixture (UCM) indicated a signifi- cant petroleum contamination, confirmed by the identification of 17α(H), 21β(H) hopanes. Biogenic contribu- tions were also detected within the n-alkane distribution (n-C17, n-C18, n-C27, n-C29, n-C17/Pr, n-C18/Ph) and by the presence of alkenes. C13 and C14 linear alkyl