African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12479

Full Length Research Paper

Source determination of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in water and sediment of a creek in the Niger Delta region

  Okoro Duke    
Department of Chemistry, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria. Phone: +234 8033834446. 
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 16 April 2007
  •  Published: 05 February 2008

Abstract

 

Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in surface water and sediment of Ekpan Creek of the Warri River were determined with GC Perkin-Elmer/Clarius 500. Compositional patterns of the PAHs were used to distinguish their sources in the aquatic system. The three diagnostic selected concentration ratios of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon isomer pairs confirmed that the PAHs concentrations in sediment of Ekpan Creek were from pyrogenic origin and include phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, chrysene and benzo(a)anthracene.

 

Key words: Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, surface water, sediment, aquatic system.

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