Organic and inorganic contaminants in surface and subsurface sediments from Bulgarian Black Sea waters

An extensive study of organic and inorganic pollutants in surface sediments from 32 locations and sediment cores from four locations in Bulgarian Black Sea waters has been carried out. The study included metals, hydrocarbons including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), legacy chlorinated and brominated contaminants (polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its degradation products, hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), hex