Data on long-term monitoring programs to assess environmental pressures on coastal area

Matilda Mali; Nicola Ungaro; Angelo Cardellicchio; Maria Michela Dell'Anna; Giuseppe Romanazzi; Piero Mastrorilli; Leonardo Damiani

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.103860

Data on long-term monitoring programs to assess environmental pressures on coastal area

Data Brief. 2019 Mar 20:24:103860. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.103860. eCollection 2019 Jun.

Authors

Matilda Mali¹, Nicola Ungaro², Angelo Cardellicchio³, Maria Michela Dell'Anna¹, Giuseppe Romanazzi¹, Piero Mastrorilli¹, Leonardo Damiani¹

Affiliations

¹ DICATECh, Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona, 4 I-70125 Bari, Italy.
² ARPA Puglia, Regional Agency for Environment Prevention and Protection, Corso Trieste, 27, 70126 Bari BA, Italy.
³ DEE, Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona, 4 I-70125 Bari, Italy.

Abstract

The concentration of six metals/metalloids, five congeners of high molecular weight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), and sum of five congeners of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) determined within marine-coastal sediments of the Apulia Coast during a 5-year long-term monitoring program, are reported through tables and radial graphs. The data are referred to the pollutant concentration determined within 70 sites alongside two marine transects (500 m from coastline and 1750 m of coastline) representing different morphologic features of the coast and different pollution stressors loading [1]. Concentration variability during the five monitored years and data generated by the non-parametric correlation analyses among sediment physical-chemical main parameters and metal concentrations are also included.