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vol-16SURVEY OF SOME PERSISTENT POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
IN SAUDIAN RED SEA COASTAL WATERS.
HASSAN AWAD
Department of oceanography, Faculty of, Science,
Alexandria University, Moharram Bek, Al~xand~ia,Egypt.,
ABSTRACT
During ‘·year. IllClflltc.rlng progrlllll. 5 of pers i atent polyarClllllt Ic
hydroearb0n8 (PAN), phenanthr_. chrya_. pyrene,
benzo·3.4·pyr_ and benzo·8,9-perylene. were surveyed In the
co-stsl weters of Saudi Arabia In the Red Sea. 118 surface water
.~les were collected frOlll 47 fixed stations ellrlng the period
1982-1987 and analyzed spectrofluore-etrlcally. The results showed
that pyrene is the dcllllinent constituent representing In the
Majority of s~les MOre than 50X of the total ,PAN fraction.
Concentrations of IIlOra than 3000 ng 1·1 were detected In Sllllle
areaa. Constency of concentration ratios for SClllle PAN c~s
Indicates the aourca of oil pollution in the areas. It was found
that the frequent Illegal discharge of ships and tanker. bilges
could be the Main source of 011 pollution In the studied .reas.
