title: Organic micropollutants in wet and dry depositions in the Venice Lagoon.
abstract: Atmospheric transport is an important route by which pollutants are conveyed from the continents to both coastal and open sea. The role of aerosol deposition in the transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) and polybromodiphenyls ethers (PBDEs) to water and soil systems has been evaluated by measuring their concentrations in wet and dry depositions to the Venice Lagoon. The organic micropollutant flux data indicate that they contribute to the total deposition flux in different ways through wet and dry deposition, showing that the prevalent contribution derives from wet deposition. The fluxes calculated for PBDEs, showed the prevalence of 47, 99, 100 and 183 congeners, both in dry and wet fluxes. With regard to PCBs, the flux of summation operatorPCB for wet deposition is in the same order of magnitude of the diffusive flux at the air-water interface. The PAH fluxes obtained in the present study are similar to those obtained in previous studies on the atmospheric bulk deposition to the Venice Lagoon. The ratios between Phe/Ant and Fl/Py indicate that the pollutants sources are pyrolytic, deriving from combustion fuels.
authors.affiliation: University of Venice, Department of Environmental Science, Italy. gambaro@unive.it
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gambaro
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Radaelli
authors.forename: Rossano
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Piazza
authors.forename: Angela Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Stortini
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Contini
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Belosi
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zangrando
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cescon
mesh_terms: D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers / Q000032:analysis*; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis*; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis*; D012621:Seasons; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls