DISTRIBUTION AND COMPOSITION OF PAHs IN SURFACE WATERS, POREWATER AND SEDIMENTS FROM XIAMEN WESTERN BAY |
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作者姓名: | 洪华生 张祖麟 陈伟琪 周俊良 MASKAOUIKhalid |
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作者单位: | MASKAOUI Khalid,HONG Hua sheng,ZHANG Zu lin CHEN Wei qi,ZHOU Jun liang (Environmental Science Research Centre,Xiamen University,361005,China) (School of Ocean Sciences,University of Wales Bangor,United Kingdom) |
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基金项目: | ProjectsupportedbyChinaBridgeInterational(CBI)ofNSFC . |
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摘 要: | INTRODUCTIONPolycyclicAromaticHydrocarbons(PAHs)widelyexistintheenvironment(atmosphere,watercolumn,soil,river,lacustrineandmarinesediments)andarepresentattracemixturesandwidelyspreadfromseveral×10-9gradesinremoteareastoseveral×10-6levelsinurbanandindustriala…
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DISTRIBUTION AND COMPOSITION OF PAHs IN SURFACE WATERS, POREWATER AND SEDIMENTS FROM XIAMEN WESTERN BAY |
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Abstract: | Xiamen Western Bay's water and sediment quality were studied by determining the levels of sixteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water, porewater and sediment samples from nine locations in the bay. Total PAH concentrations varied from 106 to 945 ng/l in water, below detection to 3548 ng/l in porewater, and 247 to 480 ng/g dry weight in surface sediments. PAHs levels in porewater were higher than those in surface water, due to the preference of these hydrophobic compounds for sedimentary phase instead of water. Such a concentration gradient implies a potential flux of pollutants from sediments to overlying water. The PAHs levels in sediments were one to several orders of magnitude lower than those in 1993, suggesting their decreased input in recent years and possible degradation with time. |
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Keywords: | PAH SPE pollution |