Influence of anthropogenic activities on PAHs in sediments in a significant gulf of low-latitude developing regions, the Beibu Gulf, South China Sea: Distribution, sources, inventory and probability risk

Distribution and Sources Apportionment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Edible Bivalves and Sipunculida From Coastal Areas of Beibu Gulf, China

“…Thus, the two analyses of PAHs sources were in good agreement. Furthermore, high temperature combustion of biomass and coal was also regarded as dominant PAH source in surface sediments from Beibu Gulf (Li et al, 2015;Kaiser et al, 2016), which was in consistent with Chinese energy consumption patterns in rural areas and small industrial centers.…”

“…With the establishment of the Beibu Gulf Economic Rim and ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA), the Beibu Gulf has now become one of the most important economic development areas in China for its bountiful resources and strategic location to both China and Southeast Asian Countries (Yu and Mu, 2006;Li et al, 2015). As a result of an accelerated industrialization process and rapid population growth in the coastal region in the past two decades, it consequently suffers increasing anthropogenic pollution (Xia et al, 2011), such as heavy metal (Xia et al, 2011;Gan et al, 2013;Gu et al, 2015) and organic pollutants (Zhang et al, 2014;Li et al, 2014Li et al, , 2015Kaiser et al, 2016). The Beibu Gulf is also one of the most important parts of Chinese mariculture zone, with mariculture production of 1.09 million tons in 2014.…”

Distribution and Source of Sedimentary Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAHs) in River Sediment of Jakarta

“…Climate conditions and socio-economic circumstances could be some of the factors affecting the distribution of PAHs. Both petrogenic and pyrogenic PAHs were recorded in many studies [8][9][10][11]. Studies of these compounds have been conducted in many countries, but there is only limited data from Indonesia, although industrialization, urbanization, and motorizations have been increasing significantly since several decades ago.…”

Profiles and inventories of organic pollutants in sediments from the central Beibu Gulf and its coastal mangroves

“…The study region has a macro tidal environment and experiences episodic storm events. The climate, hydrography, and biogeochemistry, as well as organic pollution in surface sediments of the central gulf and the northern coastal and estuarine waters have been described in recent studies (Bauer et al, 2013;Kaiser et al, 2015aKaiser et al, , 2014Li et al, 2015;Wu et al, 2008).…”

“…The Beibu Gulf, a marginal shallow shelf region in the northwest of the South China Sea, has only recently begun to receive scientific attention. Dated sediment core records have revealed a history of increasing anthropogenic pollution in the central gulf as well as its northern coast and estuaries (Gan et al, 2013;Li et al, 2015Li et al, , 2014Xia et al, 2011), especially since the beginning of rapid economic development in coastal Guangxi province in the early 1990s (Xia et al, 2011). However, the organic pollution history of the central gulf has not been addressed.…”