Environmental investigations in the Gulf of Pozzuoli (Naples) in relation to PAHs contamination Mauro Esposito IZSM, Italy Maurizio Della Rotonda Regione Campania, Italy Ciro Sbarra ASL NA2 Nord, Italy Maria Stefanelli ASL NA2 Nord, Italy Maria Grazia Aquila ARPA Campania, Italy Aniello Anastasio University of Naples Federico II, Italy Paolo Sarnelli Regione Campania, Italy Pasquale Gallo IZSM, Italy Yuri Cotroneo University of Naples Parthenope, Italy Laura Fortunato University of Naples Parthenope, Italy Raffaele Montella University of Naples Parthenope, Italy Lucio De Maio ARPA Campania, Italy This is a section of Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”(DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1) by Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci Firenze University Press Firenze 2022 https://doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.42

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The Gulf of Pozzuoli (GoP) is a marginal sub-basin of Tyrrhenian Sea, characterized by a strong anthropogenic impact, due to high population density and intense commercial and tourist traffic. Historically, the GoP is dedicated to the farming of bivalve mollusks which are constantly subject to chemical and microbiological monitoring to protect the health of consumers. In the winter season, high levels of PAHs were found in mussels from the Lucrino area. This study reports the environmental analyses and the activities carried out in order to investigate the levels and sources of contamination by PAHs.

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