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Mar Pollut Bull

Title:		"Monitoring of organic pollutants in coastal waters of the Gulf of Gdansk, Southern Baltic"
Author(s):		Kot-Wasik A; Debska J; Namiesnik J;
Address:		"Department of Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Faculty, Gdansk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicz Str., PL 80-952 Gdansk-Wrzeszcz, Poland. chemanal@pg.gda.pl"
Journal Title:		Mar Pollut Bull
Year:		2004
Volume:		49
Issue:		3
Page Number:		264 - 276
DOI:		10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.02.014
ISSN/ISBN:		0025-326X (Print) 0025-326X (Linking)
Abstract:		"This paper presents an overview of changes in organic pollution of coastal waters of the Gulf of Gdansk (Baltic Sea). Toxic pollutants including volatile organic compounds (VOC), volatile organohalogen compounds (VOX), chlorophenols, phenoxyacids, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined in seawater from the Gulf of Gdansk coastal waters in the period 1996-2001. In the case of the Gulf of Gdansk, non-conservative behaviour of VOC was observed due to random temporal and spatial of inputs along the Vistula estuary and to the dilution of VOC-enriched river water with seawater. The concentrations of VOX in seawater decreased throughout the period and the concentrations of VOX were in the range of few ng dm(-3) up to 250 ng dm(-3), similar to estuaries elsewhere. The average concentrations of chlorophenols and phenoxyacids were between 0.1 and 6.0 and 0.05 and 2.2 microg dm(-3), respectively. However, remarkably high concentrations of 2,4-dichlorophenol (6 microg dm(-3)) were obtained in samples collected from the Vistula River. Generally concentrations of PCBs did not exceed few ng dm(-3) with the exception of 1999, when all samples exhibited elevated concentrations of PCBs. In addition, higher concentrations of PCBs in the open sea compared to river waters suggested localised inputs. Due to the ability of most organic pollutants to bioaccumulate and biomagnify, especially the persistent organic pollutants, continued monitoring is of crucial importance for the health of marine life in the Gulf of Gdansk"
Keywords:		"Animals Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollutants/*analysis Organic Chemicals/analysis Poland Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/*analysis Reference Values Risk Assessment Seawater/chemistry Water Pollutants, Chem;"
Notes:		"MedlineKot-Wasik, Agata Debska, Jolanta Namiesnik, Jacek eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2004/07/13 Mar Pollut Bull. 2004 Aug; 49(3):264-76. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.02.014"