ATR-FTIR spectroscopy reveals polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination despite relatively pristine site characteristics:results of a field study in the Niger Delta
| Autor: | Francis Martin, Blessing Obinaju |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Pollution media_common.quotation_subject Nigeria Infrared spectroscopy Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences Rivers Spectroscopy Fourier Transform Infrared Biomonitoring Animals Tissue Distribution Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy Spectroscopy Catfishes lcsh:Environmental sciences 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science media_common chemistry.chemical_classification lcsh:GE1-350 Chemistry Contamination 030104 developmental biology Environmental chemistry Attenuated total reflection Multivariate Analysis Water Pollutants Chemical Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Environment International, Vol 89, Iss, Pp 93-101 (2016) |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.envint.2016.01.012 |
| Popis: | Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is an emerging technique to detect biochemical alterations in biological tissues, particularly changes due to sub-lethal exposures to environmental contaminants. We have previously shown the potential of attenuated total reflection FTIR (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy to detect real-time exposure to contaminants in sentinel organisms as well as the potential to relate spectral alterations to the presence of specific environmental agents. In this study based in the Niger Delta (Nigeria), changes occurring in fish tissues as a result of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure at contaminated sites are compared to the infrared (IR) spectra of the tissues obtained from a relatively pristine site. Multivariate analysis revealed that PAH contamination could be occurring at the pristine site, based on the IR spectra and significant (P |
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