Journals / Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment / 2003 / Cilt: 9 Sayı: 3
The Pollution of Zeytinburnu Port, Istanbul, Turkey
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Abstract
Abstract The pollutants of sediment of Zeytinburnu Port were determined. The pollutant amounts were found high for organic as oil (3.8 mg/g), chlorined pestisides (9.55 ng/g), phenol and anorganic as Zinc, hydrogen sulphide, ammonium, nitrite, nitrate. The degradation products of DDT were determined as DDE and DDD. According to these results Zeytinburnu Port is a highly polluted area.