DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.07.052
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84937910656
论文题名: Historic and contemporary contamination in the marine environment of Kuwait: An overview
作者: Al-Sarawi H.A. ; Jha A.N. ; Al-Sarawi M.A. ; Lyons B.P.
刊名: Marine Pollution Bulletin
ISSN: 0025-326X
EISSN: 1879-3363
出版年: 2015
卷: 100, 期: 2 起始页码: 621
结束页码: 628
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Chemical contamination
; Kuwait
; Marine
; Review
Scopus关键词: Aromatic hydrocarbons
; Chemical contamination
; Contamination
; Desalination
; Marine biology
; Organic pollutants
; Pollution
; Polychlorinated biphenyls
; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
; Reviews
; Trace elements
; Industrial contamination
; Kuwait
; Marine
; Marine environment
; Petrochemical industry
; Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs)
; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHS)
; Sediment contamination
; Marine pollution
; polychlorinated biphenyl
; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
; sea water
; trace metal
; arsenic
; mercury
; metal
; polychlorinated biphenyl
; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
; water pollutant
; chemical pollutant
; marine pollution
; PAH
; PCB
; seawater
; sediment pollution
; trace metal
; Article
; concentration (parameters)
; environmental impact assessment
; environmental stress
; health hazard
; human
; industrial area
; Kuwait
; marine environment
; marine species
; nonhuman
; petrochemical industry
; pollution transport
; practice guideline
; risk assessment
; seasonal variation
; sediment
; water pollution
; water quality
; analysis
; animal
; aquatic species
; environmental monitoring
; food contamination
; sea food
; water pollutant
; water pollution
; Kuwait [Middle East]
; Animals
; Aquatic Organisms
; Arsenic
; Environmental Monitoring
; Food Contamination
; Geologic Sediments
; Kuwait
; Mercury
; Metals
; Polychlorinated Biphenyls
; Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic
; Seafood
; Seawater
; Water Pollutants, Chemical
; Water Pollution
Scopus学科分类: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要: The rapid expansion of industry, along with previous pollution events linked to conflicts in the region, have led to a variety of contaminants being inadvertently or deliberately discharged into Kuwait's marine environment. These include polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and trace metals, from the petrochemical industry, and contaminated brine from the region's desalination industries. The present paper has reviewed over 60 studies that have reported the levels of contaminants, including PAHs, metals and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) present in seawater, sediment and representative marine organisms. Most of the reviewed literature confirmed that while Kuwait's marine environment has been subjected to a wide array of pollution events, the actual levels of contamination remains relatively low. However, sediment contamination hotspots associated with point sources of industrial contamination, such as originating from the Shuaiba industrial area, do exist at a number of locations around the coast. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
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资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/86355
Appears in Collections: 过去全球变化的重建 全球变化的国际研究计划
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作者单位: Kuwait Environment Public Authority, P.O. Box 24395, Safat, Kuwait; School of Biological Sciences, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, United Kingdom; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Kuwait University, Faculty of Science, P.O. Box 5969, Safat, Kuwait; Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Weymouth Laboratory, Barrack Road, Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Al-Sarawi H.A.,Jha A.N.,Al-Sarawi M.A.,et al. Historic and contemporary contamination in the marine environment of Kuwait: An overview[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2015-01-01,100(2)