J 2008

Persistent organic pollutants in soils and sediments from James Ross Island

KLÁNOVÁ, Jana, Nina MATYKIEWICZOVÁ, Zdeněk MÁČKA, Pavel PROŠEK, Kamil LÁSKA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Persistent organic pollutants in soils and sediments from James Ross Island

Name in Czech

Perzistentní organické polutanty v půdách a sedimetech ostrova Jamese Rosse

Authors

KLÁNOVÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Nina MATYKIEWICZOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Zdeněk MÁČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavel PROŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Kamil LÁSKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr KLÁN (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Environmental Pollution, UK, Elsevier, 2008, 0269-7491

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.135

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/08:00025731

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000254968200019

Keywords in English

James Ross Island; Antarctica; Soil; Sediment; Persistent organic pollutants; POPs; PCBs; OCPs; PAHs; Long range transport; Passive air sampler.

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 16/2/2011 15:09, doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Máčka, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Soil and sediment samples from the James Ross Island, Antarctica were analyzed for their PCB, OCP and PAH contents. Soil concentrations ranged between 0.51 and 1.82 ng g-1 for the sum of 7 indicator PCB congeners, between 0.49 and 1.34 ng/g for HCH congeners, between 0.51 and 3.68 ng/g for the sum of p,p-DDT, DDE, and DDD, and between 34.9 and 171 ng/g for the sum of 16 EPA PAHs. Sediment levels from 0.32 to 0.83 ng/g were found for PCBs, from 0.14 to 0.76 ng/g for HCHs, from 0.19 to 1.15 ng/g for DDTs, from 0.95 to 4 ng/g for HCB, from 0.21 to 1.08 ng/g for PeCB, and from 1.4 to 205 ng/g for PAHs. A prevalence of low-mass polyaromatic hydrocarbons, less chlorinated congeners of polychlorinated biphenyls, and more volatile chemicals as hexachlorobenzene indicate that the long range atmospheric transport from populated areas of Africa, South America, and Australia is the most probable source of contamination of the solid environmental matrices in the James Ross Island. To confirm the atmospheric origin of the soil and sediment contamination, the samples of the ambient air were collected using passive air samplers.

In Czech

Soil and sediment samples from the James Ross Island, Antarctica were analyzed for their PCB, OCP and PAH contents. Soil concentrations ranged between 0.51 and 1.82 ng g-1 for the sum of 7 indicator PCB congeners, between 0.49 and 1.34 ng/g for HCH congeners, between 0.51 and 3.68 ng/g for the sum of p,p-DDT, DDE, and DDD, and between 34.9 and 171 ng/g for the sum of 16 EPA PAHs. Sediment levels from 0.32 to 0.83 ng/g were found for PCBs, from 0.14 to 0.76 ng/g for HCHs, from 0.19 to 1.15 ng/g for DDTs, from 0.95 to 4 ng/g for HCB, from 0.21 to 1.08 ng/g for PeCB, and from 1.4 to 205 ng/g for PAHs. A prevalence of low-mass polyaromatic hydrocarbons, less chlorinated congeners of polychlorinated biphenyls, and more volatile chemicals as hexachlorobenzene indicate that the long range atmospheric transport from populated areas of Africa, South America, and Australia is the most probable source of contamination of the solid environmental matrices in the James Ross Island. To confirm the atmospheric origin of the soil and sediment contamination, the samples of the ambient air were collected using passive air samplers.

Links

MSM0021622412, plan (intention)
Name: Interakce mezi chemickými látkami, prostředím a biologickými systémy a jejich důsledky na globální, regionální a lokální úrovni (INCHEMBIOL) (Acronym: INCHEMBIOL)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Interactions among the chemicals, environment and biological systems and their consequences on the global, regional and local scales (INCHEMBIOL)
SB/660/01/03, research and development project
Name: Geologický výzkum Antarktidy
Investor: Ministry of the Environment of the CR, Geological Research of Antarctica