CONCENTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPs) IN HARBOUR DREDGING SEDIMENTS: A PILOT STUDY USING A STATISTICAL APPROACH FOR A MORE A PILOT STUDY USING A STATISTICAL APPROACH F

摘要

The Italian guidelines concerning the dumping of dredging materals implies chemical, physical and microbiological characterisation of dumping sediments collected through a sepcific sampling strategy. POP's such as PCB's and organochlorine pesticides, are considered as priority polutants in all the Internatinal Conventions for the protection of the marine environment, in consequence of their persistence, toxicity and bioaccumulation capacity.