TY - JOUR ID - 662 TI - PCBs and DDTs in Surface Mangrove Sediments from the South of Iran (ID NO. 048) JO - International Journal of Environmental Research JA - IJER LA - en SN - 1735-6865 AU - Mohebbi Nozar, S.L. AU - Ismail, W.R. AU - Pauzi Zakaria, M. AU - Seddiq Mortazawi, M. AD - Center for Marine and Coastal Studies (CEMACS), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. Persian Gulf and Oman Sea Ecological Research Institute, Bandar Abbas , Hormozgan Province, Iran AD - Center for Marine and Coastal Studies (CEMACS), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. Section of Geography, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia AD - Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang43400, Selangor, Malaysia AD - Persian Gulf and Oman Sea Ecological Research Institute, Bandar Abbas , Hormozgan Province, Iran Y1 - 2013 PY - 2013 VL - 7 IS - 3 SP - 817 EP - 822 KW - PCB KW - DDT KW - Mangrove Sediment KW - Hormozgan Province KW - Iran DO - 10.22059/ijer.2013.662 N2 - Mangrove sediments were collected during wet and dry seasons from nine stations in Khamir,Laft and natural reservoir mangrove-dense areas of Hormozgan province in the south of Iran. Σ PCBs ranged from 5.33 to 15.5 ng/g dry weight and the dominant congener was no.153. Average Σ DDTs for Khamir and Laft mangroves were 16.58 ± 1.51 and 18.8 ± 9.98 ng/g dry weight. DDT was more abundant than DDE and DDD isomers, which indicated the input of DDT. The sediment quality guideline shows that the concentration of Σ PCBs were below the ER-M guideline, whereas levels of Σ DDTs were between ER-L and ER-M. The mangrove ecosystem in Hormozgan province is suffering from urban and industrial development. UR - https://ijer.ut.ac.ir/article_662.html L1 - https://ijer.ut.ac.ir/article_662_70f13b08a9c790436a9ae4f0935de6fa.pdf ER -