MAI, Carolin, Norbert THEOBALD, Heinrich HUHNERFUSS and Gerhard LAMMEL. Persistent organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in air of the North Sea region and air-sea exchange. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Landsberg, Germany: Ecomed, 2016, vol. 23, No 23, p. 23648-23661. ISSN 0944-1344. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7530-3.
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Original name Persistent organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in air of the North Sea region and air-sea exchange
Authors MAI, Carolin (276 Germany), Norbert THEOBALD (276 Germany), Heinrich HUHNERFUSS (276 Germany) and Gerhard LAMMEL (276 Germany, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Landsberg, Germany, Ecomed, 2016, 0944-1344.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30304 Public and environmental health
Country of publisher Germany
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
Impact factor Impact factor: 2.741
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/16:00093451
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7530-3
UT WoS 000388601400028
Keywords in English Air-sea exchange; North Sea; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls
Tags AKR, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Michaela Hylsová, Ph.D., učo 211937. Changed: 2/3/2017 14:16.
Abstract
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were studied to determine occurrence, levels and spatial distribution in the marine atmosphere and surface seawater during cruises in the German Bight and the wider North Sea in spring and summer 2009-2010. In general, the concentrations found in air are similar to, or below, the levels at coastal or near-coastal sites in Europe. Hexachlorobenzene and alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane (alpha-HCH) were close to phase equilibrium, whereas net atmospheric deposition was observed for gamma-HCH. The results suggest that declining trends of HCH in seawater have been continuing for gamma-HCH but have somewhat levelled off for alpha-HCH. Dieldrin displayed a close to phase equilibrium in nearly all the sampling sites, except in the central southwestern part of the North Sea. Here atmospheric deposition dominates the air-sea exchange. This region, close to the English coast, showed remarkably increased surface seawater concentrations. This observation depended neither on riverine input nor on the elevated abundances of dieldrin in the air masses of central England. A net depositional flux of p,p'-DDE into the North Sea was indicated by both its abundance in the marine atmosphere and the changes in metabolite pattern observed in the surface water from the coast towards the open sea. The long-term trends show that the atmospheric concentrations of DDT and its metabolites are not declining. Riverine input is a major source of PCBs in the German Bight and the wider North Sea. Atmospheric deposition of the lower molecular weight PCBs (PCB28 and PCB52) was indicated as a major source for surface seawater pollution.
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