title: Occurrence and distribution of antibiotics in coastal water of the Bohai Bay, China: impacts of river discharge and aquaculture activities.
abstract: The presence of 21 antibiotics in six different groups was investigated in coastal water of the Bohai Bay. Meantime, to illuminate the potential effects caused by the river discharge and aquaculture activities, wastewater from three breeding plants and surface water from six rivers flowing into the Bohai Bay were also analyzed for the selected antibiotics. The result revealed that measured antibiotics in the North Bobai Bay were generally higher than those in the South, highlighting the remarkable effects of high density of human activities on the exposure of antibiotics in environment. The antibiotics found in the six rivers were generally higher than those in the Bohai Bay reflecting the important antibiotics source of river discharge. This study reveals that the high consumption of some antibiotics in aquaculture activities may pose high ecological risk to the bay.
authors.affiliation: School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
authors.forename: Shichun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Weihai
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ruijie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jianhui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Yingjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Gan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D017756:Aquaculture / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D061006:Bays / Q000737:chemistry*; D002681:China; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical