On the sources of PBDEs in coastal marine sediments off Baja California, Mexico
| Autor: | Adán Mejía-Trejo, J.V. Macías-Zamora, Nancy Ramírez-Álvarez, Félix Augusto Hernández-Guzmán |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Geologic Sediments
Environmental Engineering 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Population Near point 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Polybrominated diphenyl ethers Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers Environmental Chemistry Seawater Bathymetry education Mexico Waste Management and Disposal reproductive and urinary physiology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences education.field_of_study Pacific Ocean Sediment Sedimentation Pollution Oceanography Environmental science Water Pollutants Chemical Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Science of The Total Environment. 571:59-66 |
| ISSN: | 0048-9697 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.142 |
| Popis: | Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are widely distributed compounds in all types of matrices. In the northern portion of the Southern California Bight (SCB), there were reports of some of the largest PBDE concentrations in marine mammals and mussels. Because of this, we decided to analyze the status of PBDEs in the southern part of the SCB. An analysis of 91 samples of marine surface sediment was carried out. All of the 91 samples contained measurable amounts of PBDEs, which is a manifestation of the widespread distribution of these chemical substances. However, the levels detected are between one and two orders of magnitude smaller than those reported in southern California. Currents appear to control the distribution of PBDEs along the coast and the sedimentation sites with largest concentrations are favored by local bathymetry. Maximum concentrations were located in the middle and deeper platforms ranging from 0.02 to 5.90 (with a median 0.71) ng·g− 1 d.w. Deca-BDE mixture is largely predominant in the sediments followed by the penta-BDE mixture. The mass balance for the latitudinal strata shows the largest concentrations in the north where the largest population centers are present and with a very clear southward gradient. The mass balance calculation values showed about 36 kg of PBDEs for the north, 22 kg for the center, and 10 kg for the south strata. In terms of depth, the PBDEs are mainly located on the middle and deep platforms rather than near point discharges, which is different than that reported by other authors. |
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