NDLI: Assessment of hydrocarbons concentration in marine fauna due to Tasman Spirit oil spill along the Clifton beach at Karachi coast

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Author	Siddiqi, Hina A. Ansari, Fayyaz A. Munshi, Alia B.
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	On 27 July 2003, Tasman Spirit spilled 31,000 tonnes of crude oil into the sea at the Karachi coast. This disaster badly affected the marine life (Flora and Fauna.) Present research has been proposed to ascertain the level of Polycyclic Aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contamination in different fisheries including Fishes, Crustaceans; Crabs and Shrimps, Mollusks and Echinoderms along with passing time. Heavier components of crude oil such as Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) appear to cause most damages as these are relatively unreactive and persist in water. High concentrations of toxic PAHs were observed in all the fisheries and shellfishes caught form oil-impacted area. In this study fishes were found most contaminated than shellfishes i.e. ∑ 16 PAH = 1821.24 μg/g and ∑ 1164.34 μg/g, respectively. Naphthalene was found in the range of 0.042–602.23 μg/g. Acenaphthylene, acenaphthene, fluorene, phenanthrene and anthracene were detected in the range 0.008–80.03 μg/g, fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo(a)anthracene and chrysene 0.0008–221.32 μg/g, benzo(b) fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene and benzo(a) pyrene 0.0005–7.71 μg/g, benzo(g,h,i)perylene and indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene 0.02–503.7 μg/g. Dibenzo(a,h)anthracenre was not detected in any specie.
Starting Page	139
Ending Page	148
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01676369
Journal	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Volume Number	148
Issue Number	1-4
e-ISSN	15732959
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2008-02-27
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Fish/shellfish Gas chromatography Oil spill PAHs Environmental Management Ecology Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution Ecotoxicology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Pollution Medicine Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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