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Determination of selected chemical parameters in surface water samples collected from the Revelva catchment (Hornsund fjord, Svalbard)

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Surface water samples (river and lake) were collected from the Revelva catchment every summer from 2010 to 2013. This study concerns importance of the use of some analytical techniques for pollutants and parameters deter- mination in Arctic environmental samples based on the example of total organic carbon, phenols, and formaldehyde determination and measurement of pH and electrical conductivity parameters. Significant average concentration levels of formaldehyde were observed in 2012 and reached 0.26 mg/dm3. Furthermore, the highest determined levels of total organic carbon and electrical conductivity were observed in samples collected in summer 2013. The average value of total organic carbon in that year was 9.54 mg/dm 3, and electrical conductivity increased to 63.0 uS/cm. The results of surface water samples analyses show an increasing trend in pollutants concentration levels over the years what may suggest that each year the emission of contaminants from lower latitudes is bigger and, consequently, more of them are deposited in the Arctic

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Category:
Articles
Type:
artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Published in:
MONATSHEFTE FUR CHEMIE no. 147, edition 8, pages 1401 - 1405,
ISSN: 0026-9247
Language:
English
Publication year:
2016
Bibliographic description:
Kosek K., Polkowska Ż.: Determination of selected chemical parameters in surface water samples collected from the Revelva catchment (Hornsund fjord, Svalbard)// MONATSHEFTE FUR CHEMIE. -Vol. 147, iss. 8 (2016), s.1401-1405
DOI:
Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/s00706-016-1771-1
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Gdańsk University of Technology

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