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Surface sediments pollution due to shipwreck s/s “Stuttgart”: a multidisciplinary approach

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Shipwrecks may pose a serious source of pollution for marine ecosystems. For this reason, it is of great importance to perform a marine ecosystem risk assessment due to plausible wreck presence. One of elements of such an assessment is determining the state of the environment in the vicinity of the wreck. In the work presented, the results of studies on surface sediments samples collected around the s/s Stuttgart ship sunk during WW2 in the Gulf of Gdańsk (Southern Baltic) are given. 23 samples of sediments were collected and subsequently 12 metals (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mg, Mo, Ni, Pb, V, Zn), 16 PAHs and 7 PCBs were determined. Metals were measured with ICP-MS and AAS while organics with GC–MS. The chemometric evaluation was performed in order to determine possible similarity patterns between the chemicals measured. Clear dependence between PAHs and PCBs was stated as well as spatial similarities between the content of the chemicals determined.

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The Authors would like to thank the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (project no. 4221/B/T02/2009/37) for funding this research.

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  1. Department of Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdańsk, 23 Dębowa Str, Gdańsk, 80-204, Poland

    Justyna Rogowska & Lidia Wolska

  2. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdansk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Str, Gdańsk, 80-233, Poland

    Justyna Rogowska, Błażej Kudłak, Gabriela Bajger-Nowak, Piotr Konieczka, Lidia Wolska & Jacek Namieśnik

  3. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sofia, 1 James Bourchier Blvd, Sofia, 1164, Bulgaria

    Stefan Tsakovski & Vasil Simeonov

  4. Geochemistry and the Environment Division, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, 15G Świętokrzyska Str, Kielce, 25-406, Poland

    Agnieszka Gałuszka

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Rogowska, J., Kudłak, B., Tsakovski, S. et al. Surface sediments pollution due to shipwreck s/s “Stuttgart”: a multidisciplinary approach. Stoch Environ Res Risk Assess 29, 1797–1807 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-015-1054-0

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