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@article{1370834,
author = {Brumovský, Miroslav and Karásková, Pavlína and Borghini, Mireno and Nizzetto, Luca},
article_location = {OXFORD},
article_number = {September 2016},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.06.015},
keywords = {Perfluoroalkyl substances; Polyfluoroalkyl substances; PFAS; Mediterranean Sea; Surface water},
language = {eng},
issn = {0045-6535},
journal = {Chemosphere},
title = {Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the Western Mediterranean Sea waters},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653516307664},
volume = {159},
year = {2016}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1370834
AU - Brumovský, Miroslav - Karásková, Pavlína - Borghini, Mireno - Nizzetto, Luca
PY - 2016
TI - Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the Western Mediterranean Sea waters
JF - Chemosphere
VL - 159
IS - September 2016
SP - 308-316
EP - 308-316
PB - Elsevier Science
SN - 00456535
KW - Perfluoroalkyl substances
KW - Polyfluoroalkyl substances
KW - PFAS
KW - Mediterranean Sea
KW - Surface water
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653516307664
L2 - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653516307664
N2 - The spatial and temporal distribution of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the open Western Mediterranean Sea waters was investigated in this study for the first time. In addition to surface water samples, a deep water sample (1390 m depth) collected in the center of the western basin was analyzed. Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorohexanesulfonate (PFHxS) and perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) were detected in all samples and were the dominant PFASs found. The sum of PFAS concentrations (Sigma PFASs) ranged 246-515 pg/L for surface water samples. PFASs in surface water had a relatively homogeneous distribution with levels similar to those previously measured in the Atlantic near the Strait of Gibraltar, in water masses feeding the inflow to the Mediterranean Sea. Higher concentrations of PFHxA, PFHpA and PFHxS were, however, found in the present study. Inflowing Atlantic water and river/coastal discharges are likely the major sources of PFASs to the Western Mediterranean basin. Slightly lower (factor of 2) Sigma PFASs was found in the deep water sample (141 pg/L). Such a relatively high contamination of deep water is likely to be linked to recurring deep water renewal fed by downwelling events in the Gulf of Lion and/or Ligurian Sea.
ER -
BRUMOVSKÝ, Miroslav, Pavlína KARÁSKOVÁ, Mireno BORGHINI and Luca NIZZETTO. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the Western Mediterranean Sea waters. \textit{Chemosphere}. OXFORD: Elsevier Science, 2016, vol.~159, September 2016, p.~308-316. ISSN~0045-6535. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.06.015.
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