S. G. TUNCEL ET AL.
794
FID, GC-MS was offered as a better alternative.
Concentrations of PAHs in sediments were generally
moderate in Oludeniz sediment samples. Acenaphtene
and chrysene were dominant ones among the sixteen
PAHs analysed and their concentrations were 0.620 and
0.515 mg·kg–1 relatively.
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