Author(s)

A.T. Lebedev, 0.V. Poliakova & I. V. Dianova

Abstract

Contamination of the Caspian Sea ecosystem with organic pollutants A.T. Lebedev , O.V. Poliakova, I.V. Dianova Moscow State M. V.Lomonosov University, Organic Chemistry Department, Moscow, Russia Abstract The Caspian Sea is the largest inland reservoir of salted water in the world. In the last 30-40 years the Sea has been considered to be seriously polluted due to the drilling works of oil companies and notable pollution of the Volga, which brings into the Sea about 23 knf of waste waters annually. However there have been no reliable data on its contamination with organic compounds. To identify and quantify these contaminants water and biota samples were collected in 1999- 2000. Quantitative determination of the priority pollutants from the US EPA list was accompanied with qualitative and semi quantitative analysis of all types of organic compounds passing through GC column. Petroleum hydrocarbons appeared to be the dominant organic contaminants of the Sea. Phthalates may be mentione

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