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vol-23A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE STATE OF AROMATIC
HYDROCARBON POLLUTIONINABU QIR RAYAND THE WESTERN
HARBOUR OFALEXANDRIA, EGYPT
By
F.T. R. Tayel*
*National Institute ofOceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Egypt.
Key Words: Oil pollution, Alexandria, Mediterranean sea.
ABSTRACT
A spatial lntercomparison were establishedfor determination the
actual level of hydrocarbon pollution in both Abu Qir Bay and
Western Harbour of Alexandria. The study revealed that the western
harbour sediments were heavily polluted with hydrocarbon (2.76
32. 63j..Lg/gm) than of Abu Qir Bay sediments (0.00 – 7.07pg/gm).
Accumulation
26890 times
factor
for different
(AF) of hydrocarbon
locations of
were
western
in the range
harbour.
of1690
The
preliminary data obtained in this study indicate that, the levels of
hydrocarbon concentrations in muscles ofthe studiedfish species in
the two regions are rather low relative to other areas of the
Mediterranean Sea.
