Concentration and distribution of hydrophobic organic contaminants and metals in the estuaries of Ukraine.
In this study of Ukrainian estuaries, sediments and tissues from the Dnieper and Boh estuaries and Danube Delta on the mainland, Sevastopol and Balaklava Bays on the Crimean Peninsula, and coastal Black Sea along the Crimean Peninsula were collected in 2006. Contaminant analyses included several metals, the hydrophobic organic chemicals (HOCs) polychlorinated biphenyls, several chlorinated pesticides, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. When compared to estuarine sediments globally, the Ukrainian sediments were found to be moderately contaminated. However, several metals, especially mercury, were often shown to be elevated in the tissues of the Ukrainian organisms in comparison to organisms from other estuarine locations. Sediment quality guidelines indicate some of the estuarine sediments could be sufficiently contaminated to cause adverse toxicological effects. This investigation represents the first extensive study of HOC and metal baseline concentrations and distributions in Ukrainian estuaries and seeks to characterize exposures to aquatic organisms living in these systems.
Burgess
Robert M
RM
US Environmental Protection Agency, ORD/NHEERL Atlantic Ecology Division, 27 Tarzwell Drive, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA. Electronic address: burgess.robert@epa.gov.
Terletskaya
Anna V
AV
Institute of Colloidal Chemistry and Chemistry of Water, National Academy of Sciences, 42 Vernadsky Boulavard, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Milyukin
Mykhailo V
MV
Institute of Colloidal Chemistry and Chemistry of Water, National Academy of Sciences, 42 Vernadsky Boulavard, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Povolotskii
Mark
M
Institute of Organic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences, 5 Murmanskaya Street, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Demchenko
Victor Y
VY
Institute of Colloidal Chemistry and Chemistry of Water, National Academy of Sciences, 42 Vernadsky Boulavard, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Bogoslavskaya
Tatiyana A
TA
Institute of Colloidal Chemistry and Chemistry of Water, National Academy of Sciences, 42 Vernadsky Boulavard, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Topkin
Yuri V
YV
Institute of Colloidal Chemistry and Chemistry of Water, National Academy of Sciences, 42 Vernadsky Boulavard, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Vorobyova
Tatiyana V
TV
Institute of Colloidal Chemistry and Chemistry of Water, National Academy of Sciences, 42 Vernadsky Boulavard, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Petrov
Alexei N
AN
Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, National Academy of Sciences, 2 Nakhimov Avenue, Sevastopol, Ukraine.
Lyashenko
Artem
A
Institute of Hydrobiology, National Academy of Science, 12 Geroyiv Stalingrada Prospect, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Ho
Kay T
KT
US Environmental Protection Agency, ORD/NHEERL Atlantic Ecology Division, 27 Tarzwell Drive, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA.
D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D010316:Particle Size; D014455:Ukraine; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
D019216:Metals, Heavy; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical