%0 Journal Article
%T Ecological Risk Assesment and Seasonal-Spatial Distribution of Trace Elements in the Surface Sediment of Trabzon Harbour, Turkey
%A Y. Koray Kucuk
%A Akasya Topcu
%J Open Journal of Ecology
%P 348-363
%@ 2162-1993
%D 2017
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/oje.2017.75025
%X A seasonal-spatial distribution and ecological risk assesment of the surface sediment are provided for Trabzon Harbour, located in the Eastern Black Sea Region. Sediments were collected from three stations, one of which was a control station, and a total of nine heavy metals were analyzed. In the sediment samples, concentrations of iron (Fe: 57.972 <span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;plusmn;</span></span> 1.226 <span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;minus;</span></span> 116.250 <span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;plusmn;</span></span> 0.554 <span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;mu;</span></span>g<span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;sdot;</span></span>g<sup><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;minus;</span></span>1</sup> DW), copper (Cu: 5.790 <span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;plusmn;</span></span> 0.250 <span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;minus;</span></span> 14.770 <span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;plusmn;</span></span> 0.270 <span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;mu;</span></span>g<span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;sdot;</span></span>g<sup><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;minus;</span></span>1</sup> DW), cadmium (Cd: 0.070 <span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;plusmn;</span></span> 0.016 <span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;minus;</span></span> 0.232 <span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;plusmn;</span></span> 0.005 <span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;mu;</span></span>g<span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;sdot;</span></span>g<sup><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;minus;</span></span>1</sup> DW), lead (Pb: 55.100 <span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;plusmn;</span></span> 0.540 <span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;minus;</span></span> 4.652 <span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;plusmn;</span></span> 0.066 <span
%K Heavy Metals
%K Sediment
%K Sediment Quality Guidelines
%K EF
%K Igeo
%K Trabzon Harbour
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=76470