title: Spatial and temporal distribution of acetochlor in sediments and riparian soils of the Songhua River Basin in northeastern China.
abstract: The Songhua River Basin is a burgeoning agricultural area in the modern times in China. Particularly in recent years, increasing chemical fertilizers and pesticides have been applied with the development of agricultural production. However, the situation of non-point source pollution (NSP) from agricultural production in this basin is still obscure. In order to solve the problem, the occurrence and distribution of acetochlor in sediments and riparian soils of the Songhua River Basin before rain season and after rain season were investigated. In addition, total organic carbon was analyzed. The result showed that the concentration of acetochlor ranged from 0.47 to 11.76 microg/kg in sediments and 0.03 to 709.37 microg/kg in riparian soils. During the high flow period in 2009, the mean concentration was 4.79 microg/kg in sediments and 0.75 microg/kg in riparian soils, respectively. Similarly, the mean concentration was 2.53 microg/kg in sediments and 61.36 microg/kg in riparian soils, during the average flow period in 2010. There was a significant correlation between the concentration of acetochlor and total organic carbon in surface sediments. Moreover, the distribution of acetochlor in sediments of the Songhua River was significantly correlated to land use and topography of the watershed. The investigated data suggested that the concentration of acetochlor in the Songnen Plain and the Sanjiang Plain was higher than that in the other areas of the basin, and riparian buffering zones in these areas had been destroyed by human activities. The optimal agricultural measures to alleviate the contamination of pesticides should be adopted, including controlling agricultural application of acetochlor and ecological restoration of riparian buffering strips.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Terrestrial Ecological Process, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China. xiaoyinsky@sina.com
authors.forename: Xiaoyin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Qixing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Wenjie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Xuhui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Liping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ren
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D006540:Herbicides / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D045483:Rivers; D012621:Seasons; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D014052:Toluidines / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D006540:Herbicides; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014052:Toluidines; C043377:acetochlor