1. Organic and inorganic human-induced contamination of Posidonia oceanica meadows
- Author
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Gérard Pergent, Céline Lafabrie, Roger Kantin, Céline Labbe, Christine Pergent-Martini, Sciences pour l'environnement (SPE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pascal Paoli (UPP), ifremer PAC, Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), and Financement européen INTERREG
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Mediterranean climate ,Environmental Engineering ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Mediterranean ,010501 environmental sciences ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,01 natural sciences ,Trace metals ,Contamination ,Trace metal ,Inorganic contaminants ,Seagrass ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Pollutant ,biology ,Posidonia oceanica ,biology.organism_classification ,Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ,Phytoremediation ,13. Climate action ,Environmental chemistry ,Environmental science ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology - Abstract
In coastal environments, plants are used for phytoremediation of contamination. Organic and inorganic contaminants may be due to natural and/or anthropogenic sources. The aim of this study is to compare inorganic (trace metal) and organic (PAH) contamination in Posidonia oceanica and to analyse the relationship between these types of pollutants indeed very few studies have been interested in their correlations and common sources. P. oceanica leaves were collected in two sites exhibiting different levels of human-induced pressure. Higher values were recorded in the more polluted site (Toulon) for trace metals (Ag, Hg, Pb) as well as for PAHs (Medium Molecular Weight and High Molecular Weight) due to the presence of the city and/or harbour in proximity. For the first time in a coastal environment, correlations were observed between metals and PAHs. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- 2011