Research Article

A Method for Identifying Pollution Sources of Heavy Metals and PAH for a Risk-Based Management of a Mediterranean Harbour

Table 2

Weights of each chemical on the overall variance.

PCA of chemicals(A) % overall variance (B) % overall variance
(after Zn elimination)

Arsenic0.311.23
Cadmium0.361.48
Cobalt0.010.10
Total chromium0.090.45
Chromium VI0.000.00
Mercury0.481.75
Nickel0.150.67
Lead13.7551.72
Copper2.097.80
Tin0.140.91
Zinc76.29ā€”
Benzo(a)anthracene0.150.73
Benzo(a)pyrene0.100.47
Benzo(b)fluoranthene0.100.43
Benzo(k)fluoranthene0.090.40
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene0.070.30
Chrysene0.150.70
Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene0.020.06
Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene0.060.27
Pyrene0.311.43
Sum-PAH0.863.89
Hydrocarbons C < 120.000.01
Hydrocarbons C > 124.3925.19