title: Overview of the Chemcatcher® for the passive sampling of various pollutants in aquatic environments Part A: Principles, calibration, preparation and analysis of the sampler.
abstract: The passive sampler Chemcatcher(®), which was developed in 2000, can be adapted for various types of water contaminants (e.g., trace metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides and pharmaceutical residues) depending on the materials chosen for the receiving phase and the membrane. The Chemcatcher(®) has been used in numerous research articles in both laboratory experiments and field exposures, and here we review the state-of-the-art in applying this passive sampler. Part A of this review covers (1) the theory upon which the sampler is based (i.e., brief theory, calculation of water concentration, Performance and Reference Compounds), (2) the preparation of the device (i.e., sampler design, choice of the membrane and disk, mounting of the tool), and (3) calibration procedures (i.e., design of the calibration tank, tested parameters, sampling rates).
authors.affiliation: Groupement de Recherche Eau Sol Environnement (GRESE), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques - Université de Limoges, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, France. Electronic address: adeline.charriau@unilim.fr.
authors.forename: Adeline
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Charriau
authors.affiliation: Groupement de Recherche Eau Sol Environnement (GRESE), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques - Université de Limoges, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, France. Electronic address: sophie.lissalde@unilim.fr.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lissalde
authors.affiliation: Groupement de Recherche Eau Sol Environnement (GRESE), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques - Université de Limoges, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, France; Unité de recherche EABX, Groupement Irstea de Bordeaux, 50 Avenue de Verdun, Gazinet, 33612 Cestas Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Gaëlle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Poulier
authors.affiliation: Unité de recherche EABX, Groupement Irstea de Bordeaux, 50 Avenue de Verdun, Gazinet, 33612 Cestas Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mazzella
authors.affiliation: Groupement de Recherche Eau Sol Environnement (GRESE), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques - Université de Limoges, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Rémy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buzier
authors.affiliation: Groupement de Recherche Eau Sol Environnement (GRESE), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques - Université de Limoges, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guibaud
keywords: Calibration; Chemcatcher(®); Environmental monitoring; Freshwater; Micropollutants; Passive sampling