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Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other organic pollutants in freshwaters on the western shore of Admiralty Bay (King George Island, Maritime Antarctica).
Abstract
Organic contamination in freshwater samples has never been investigated at the western shore of Admiralty Bay. Therefore, the presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in five different sites distributed along a shore running from the Arctowski Station to the Baranowski Glacier was studied. Moreover, organic compounds such as n-alkanes, toluene and ethylbenzene were also noted. Increased ΣPAHs in late Austral summer 2016 are the result of long-range atmospheric transport of air masses from South America, confirmed by 10-day backward air mass trajectories analysis. The presence of n-alkanes and other hydrocarbons, as well as the evaluation of PAH indices (e.g. ΣLMW/ΣHMW* > 1), shows the use of fuel and indicate local human activity. As a final conclusion, our analysis indicates a mixed origin of PAHs (global and local). The presence of PAHs and other hydrocarbons in the water environment may constitute a potentially negative effect on the Antarctic ecosystem and it should be investigated in detail during further research (//*ΣLMW—sum of low molecular weight PAHs (two- and three-ring PAHs); ΣHMW—sum of high molecular weight PAHs (four- and five-ring PAHs)//).
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Danuta Szumińska Dr
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Robert Józef Bialik dr hab
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Erwin Rosenberg Ao.Prof. Dr.
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- Articles
- Type:
- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
no. 26,
pages 18143 - 18161,
ISSN: 0944-1344 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Bibliographic description:
- Szopińska M., Szumińska D., Bialik R., Dymerski T., Rosenberg E., Polkowska Ż.: Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other organic pollutants in freshwaters on the western shore of Admiralty Bay (King George Island, Maritime Antarctica).// ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH. -Vol. 26, (2019), s.18143-18161
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/s11356-019-05045-w
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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