Davidsson, Moa2024-08-192024-08-192024-08-19https://hdl.handle.net/2077/83046The following study aims to investigate the environmental conditions of the harbor of Skärhamn, a small fishing community on the west coast of Sweden. The interest to do so rose as a newly built apartment residence failed to connect the sewage pipes of 18 apartments, causing the untreated sewage running into the sea. The parameters accounted for are the C/N ratio, total organic carbon (TOC) as well as total nitrogen present (TN) and δ13C in the top ten centimeters of a sediment core retrieved in the Skärhamn harbour. All of which gives information of what input is taking place regarding the source of organic material. Additionally, selected heavy metals have been analyzed down the entire core and are presented along with the Norwegian classification system of ecotoxoicological limit values. The results are compared with a reference station located in the nearby Hakefjorden. To estimate a time scale representing a sediment record of Skärhamn, the ratio of 206Pb/207Pb isotopes combined with the metal records was used.sweText