Organochlorine pesticides in marine environment of Quanzhou Bay, Southeast China

As one of the most important buildup of persistent organic pollutants （POPs）, organochlorine pesticides （OCPs） have received more and more attention. Samples including sediments, water and marine products were collected. In the lab, nineteen types of organochlorine pesticides were tested using GC-ECD following US-EPA 8080A method. In the top sediments, the concentration of HCHs was 0.1-3.08 ng/g and the concentration of DDTs was 3.53-75.83 ng/g. In the bottom sediments, the concentration of HCHs was 0.1-3.59 ng/g and the concentration of DDTs was 1.56-81.68 ng/g. The concentration ranges of HCHs and DDTs in sea water were 1.31-9.96 ng/L and 0.78-6.51 ng/L, respectively. And the concentration ranges of HCHs and DDTs in land surface water were 7.04-14.08 ng/L and 3.82-9.66 ng/L, respectively. The residual levels of HCHs and DDTs in marine product samples ranges from 0.1 to 0.6 ng/g and from 0.57 to 85.02 ng/g, respectively. In this thesis, discussions of DDTs and HCHs in sediment, water and marine product samples were made. The following are the main results and conclusions： A general decreasing trend was found from the inner to outer sectors of the Bay for both sediment and water samples. The distribution of OCPs depends greatly on the different properties pertaining to them. The topography, redox, hydrodynamic condition as well as other factors also play an important role in controlling the distribution and fate of OCPs.

Organochlorine pesticides in marine environment of Quanzhou Bay, Southeast China