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Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface sediments from selected fjords, tidal plains and lakes of the North Spitsbergen.
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| Author | Sapota, G. Wojtasik, Barbara Burska, Dorota Nowiński, Kamil |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | The aim of this study was to examine the pollution level of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and selected chloroorganic pesti− cides (HCH isomers, DDT and its metabolites, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, endo− sulfan I and II, and methoxychlor) in surface sediments from selected fjords, tidal plains and lakes from the North Svalbard area. The sediments were collected from 34 sampling sta− tions in July 2005. Only endosulfan I and methoxychlor, among selected chloroorganic pes− ticides, were measured in concentrations near detection limit (LoD) in fourteen sediment samples. The sum of seven PCB congeners varied from < 0.9 to 5.6 ng g −1 d.w. in sediments from fjords and tidal plains and from < 0.1 to 14.6 ng g −1 d.w. in sediments from lakes. The concentrations of analysed PAH compounds in surface sediments from lakes were over ten times higher (16PAHs to 429 ng g −1 d.w.) than in sediments from fjords and tidal plains (16PAHs to 36 ng g −1 d.w.). |
| Starting Page | 59 |
| Ending Page | 76 |
| Page Count | 18 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 30 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://polar.pan.pl/ppr30/PPR30-059.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
