Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 88, Issue 1-2, Pages 174-179Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.09.009
Keywords
Salmon farm; Cypermethrin; Chiloe Island; Passive sampler; Monitoring
Funding
- FONDECYT [1140466]
- Doctorate Thesis Support Fellowship [24110019 CONICYT]
- CONICYT, BECAS Chile
- Millenium Scientific Initiative Nucleus MUSELS Project (Ministry of Economy, Chile) [NC 130086]
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Current monitoring programs are focused on hydrophobic chemicals detection in aquatic systems, which require the collection of high volumes of water samples at a given time. The present study documents the preliminary use of the polymer ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) as a passive sampler for the detection of a hydrophobic chemical used by salmon industries such as cypermethrin. Initially, an experimental calibration in laboratory was performed to determine the cypermethrin equilibrium between sampler and aquatic medium, which was reached after seven days of exposure. A logarithm of partitioning coefficient EVA-water (logK(EvA-w)) of 5.6 was reported. Field deployment of EVA samplers demonstrated average concentrations of cypermethrin in water to be 2.07 +/- 0.7 ng L-1 close to salmon cages, while near-shore was 4.39 +/- 0.8 ng L-1. This was a first approach for assessing EVA samplers design as a tool of monitoring in water for areas with salmon farming activity. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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