title: Concentration of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in sediment cores of Sundarban mangrove wetland, northeastern part of Bay of Bengal (India).
abstract: The paper presents the first comprehensive survey of congener profiles (12 congeners) of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in core sediment samples (<63 microm) covering seven sites in Sundarban mangrove wetland (India). Gas-chromatographic analyses were carried out in GC-Ms/Ms for tri- to hepta- brominated congeners. Results pointed out a non-homogenous contamination of the wetland with summation operator(12) PBDE values ranging from 0.08 to 29.03 ngg(-1), reflecting moderate to low contamination closely in conformity to other Asian aquatic environments. The general order of decreasing congener contribution to the total load was: BDE 47>99>100>154, similar to the distribution pattern worldwide. Although tetrabromodiphenyl ether BDE 47 was found in all samples followed by hexabromodiphenyl ether BDE-154, they were not necessarily the dominant congeners. No uniform temporal trend on PBDE levels was recorded probably due to particular hydrological characteristics of the wetland and/on non-homologous inputs from point sources (untreated municipal wastewater and local industries, electronic wastes from the dump sites, etc.) of these compounds. Because of the propensity of PBDEs to accumulate in various compartments of wildlife and human food webs, evaluation of biological tissues should be undertaken as a high priority.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Milan, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy. andrea.binelli@unimi.it
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Binelli
authors.forename: Santosh Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: Mousumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Consuelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Riva
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parolini
authors.forename: Bhaskar Deb
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Asok Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Kamala Kanta
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Satpathy
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D007194:India; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D011075:Polybrominated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D053833:Wetlands
chemical_list: D011075:Polybrominated Biphenyls; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002244:Carbon