The British Petroleum (BP) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, coal ash spill in Eastern Tennessee,
and wildfires near Flagstaff, Arizona, and in California, share one thing in common. These …

Environmental pollution by man-made persistent organic chemicals (POCs) has been a
serious global issue for over half a century. POCs are prevalent in air, water, soil, and …

Despite the growing recognition of the importance of water and sediment quality there is still
limited information on contamination levels in many regions globally including the Red Sea …

Jeddah coast receiving significant amount of persistent organic pollutants including
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Sources of PAHs mainly introduced to the coastal …

Bioaccumulation of PAHs in Padina boryana Alga Collected from a Contaminated Site on the
Red Sea, Saudi Arabia Page 1 Introduction Living organisms are good accumulators of …

Significant amounts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) accumulate in specific
habitats and organisms, such as mangroves and benthic organisms, due to the PAHs' direct …

Abstract Al-Arbaeen and Al-Shabab are two highly polluted lagoons lying along the Jeddah
Coast. Surface sediments were collected from both lagoons to assess the levels and spatial …

Herein, various organic contaminants were determined in surface sediments collected from
the Jeddah coastal zone, Saudi Arabia, to assess their levels, origin and probable toxic …

In this study, we investigated the in situ responses of Red Sea picophytoplankton, the
dominant phytoplankton group in the oligotrophic ocean, to two toxic polycyclic aromatic …

The air-water exchange of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is an important process
in determining the fate, transport and chemical loadings of these contaminants in the …