Comparison of PCBs and PAHs levels in European coastal waters using mussels from the Mytilus edulis complex as biomonitors

Michał Olenycz; Adam Sokołowski; Agnieszka Niewińska; Maciej Wołowicz; Jacek Namieśnik; Herman Hummel; Jeroen Jansen

doi:10.1016/j.oceano.2014.12.001

Comparison of PCBs and PAHs levels in European coastal waters using mussels from the Mytilus edulis complex as biomonitors

Abstract

Mussels from the Mytilus edulis complex were used as biomonitors for two groups of organic pollutants: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs, congeners: 28, 52, 101, 118, 138, 153 and 180) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, naphthalene, acenaphthylene, acenaphthene, fluorene, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benz(a)anthracene, chrysene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, benzo(a)pyrene, indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene, dibenz(a,h)anthracene, benzo(g,h,i)perylene) at 17 sampling sites to assess their relative bioavailabilities in coastal waters around Europe. Because of the temporal differences in PCBs and PAHs concentrations, data were adjusted using Seasonal Variation Coefficients (SVC) before making large-scale spatial comparisons. The highest concentrations of PCBs were found near estuaries of large rivers flowing through urban areas and industrial regions. Elevated bioavailabilities of PAHs occurred in the vicinity of large harbors, urban areas, and regions affected by petroleum pollution as well as in some remote locations, which indicated long-range atmospheric deposition.

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Authors (7)

Michał Olenycz
- Uniwersytet Gdański Instytut Oceanografii
Adam Sokołowski
- Uniwersytet Gdański Instytut Oceanografii
Agnieszka Niewińska
- Uniwersytet Gdański Instytut Oceanografii
Maciej Wołowicz
- Uniwersytet Gdański Instytut Oceanografii
Jacek Namieśnik prof. dr hab. inż.
Herman Hummel
- Netherlands Institute of Ecology Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology
Jeroen Jansen
- IMARESA Den Helder

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PCB,PAH, BIOMONITORING, MUSSELS, POLLUTION

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Category:: Articles
Type:: artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Published in:: OCEANOLOGIA no. 57, edition 2, pages 196 - 211,
ISSN: 0078-3234
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2015
Bibliographic description:: Olenycz M., Sokołowski A., Niewińska A., Wołowicz M., Namieśnik J., Hummel H., Jansen J.: Comparison of PCBs and PAHs levels in European coastal waters using mussels from the Mytilus edulis complex as biomonitors// OCEANOLOGIA. -Vol. 57, iss. 2 (2015), s.196-211
DOI:: Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.oceano.2014.12.001
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