Multicompartmental analysis of POPs and PAHs in Concepcion Bay, central Chile: Part I - Levels and patterns after the 2010 tsunami

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Authors

POZO Karla Andrea GOMEZ Victoria Antoineta PŘIBYLOVÁ Petra LAMMEL Gerhard KLÁNOVÁ Jana RUDOLPH Anny AHUMADA Ramon

Year of publication 2022
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Marine Pollution Bulletin
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X21011784?via%3Dihub
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113144
Keywords Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; Persistent Organic Pollutants; Abiotic matrices; Concepcion Bay; Chile; tsunami; Ocean pollution
Description Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined in abiotic samples from Concepcion Bay in Central Chile. Samples were soxhlet extracted and injected in gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS). Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) showed the highest levels in air (3-1100 pg m(-3)), in water (2-64 pg L-1), in sediment, and soil (1-78 ng g(-1) (dw)). PAHs were also high in the air (1-6 ng m(-3)), in water (1-7 ng L-1), in sediment (90-300 ng g(-1) (dw)), and in soil (15-2300 ng g(-1) (dw)). The polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorinated pesticides were generally low and did not show clear trends along the water column, with exception of PAHs. New data are presented in this work to assess the health status of a relevant coastal area in central Chile.
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