Transport of organic contaminants through salinity stratified water masses. A microcosm experiment.
A salt-wedge stratified microcosm, spiked with 31 target analytes, including PCBs, organochlorine and organophosphorous pesticides, triazines, organophosphate flame retardants and caffeine (an urban wastewater molecular marker), was setup. Compound behaviour was monitored during a four week period, by sampling at six different levels of the water column, in order to understand the transport and loss processes of the different classes of chemical substances. Compound transport from one water body to the other has been positively correlated with diffusion via their molar volume. Target analytes loss has been positively correlated with evaporation via their K(H) and with degradation via their halve-lives. From these two processes, evaporation was found to be predominant using a multiparametric regression.
Jover
Eric
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Department of Environmental Chemistry, I.I.Q.A.B.-C.S.I.C., Jordi Girona 18-26, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain. ejcqam@iiqab.csic.es
Gómez-Gutiérrez
Anna
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Albaigés
Joan
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Bayona
Josep M
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D004058:Diffusion; D006207:Half-Life; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013030:Spain; D014227:Triazines / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D014227:Triazines; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls