Abstract
Water concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) were estimated from semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) and from sediment pollutant concentrations. SPMDs were deployed in the Istanbul Strait and Marmara Sea and retrieved after 7 and 21days. Performance reference compounds (PRCs) were used to determine the site-specific sampling rates of the compounds. Water concentrations (Cw) of the analyzed compounds estimated by using two different calculation methods for SPMDs were found similar. Cw of total PAHs estimated from SPMDs (Cw-spmd) were found between 13 and 79ngL-1 and between 7.0 and 68ngL-1 for 7 and 21days of deployments respectively. Water concentrations of PCBs using sediment data was found as between 0.001 and 11.0ngL-1. The highest value of Cw-spmd for two deployments were 2.8ngL-1 for OCPs. Cw estimated from sediment concentrations were generally higher than those estimated from SPMDs.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 258-265 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Funding
This research has been supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany through a Joint Research Project (Project Nos.: 106Y302 in Turkey and TUR 06/007 in Germany). Authors wish to thank to Dr. Foppe Smedes for guiding and for his helpful discussions on the calculations and results.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung | TUR 06/007, 106Y302 |
| Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu |
Keywords
- OCP
- PAH
- PCB
- Sediments
- SPMD
