Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 269, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116214
Keywords
Dechlorane plus; DP; Bohai sea; Budget; Multi-box mass balance
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [U1806207, 41773138]
- key project of Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA11020402, KFJ-STS-QYZX-057]
- key deployment project of Centre for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences [COMS2019J08]
- seed project of Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences [YIC Y855011024]
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This study is the first comprehensive investigation of the concentration and fate of DP in the Bohai Sea, showing that the highest water DP levels were found in the river estuary in Tianjin due to urbanization and e-waste emission. Simulation of DP in seawater suggests a continuous increase in the future, with riverine discharge being the dominant input source.
Dechlorane Plus (DP), which has severe effects on marine ecosystems, has been proposed for listing under the Stockholm Convention as a persistent organic pollutant (POPs). This study was the first comprehensive investigation of the concentration and fate of DP in the Bohai Sea (BS) based on determination of river estuary water, river estuary sediment, surface seawater, bottom seawater, and sea sediments samples. The highest water DP levels were found in river estuary in Tianjin in North China due to the huge usage of DP in recent years, and spatial distribution analysis indicates it was mainly affected by regional high urbanization and emission of E-waste. The spatial distribution of DP in the BS was mainly affected by a combination of coastal hydrodynamics and land anthropogenic activities. On the basis of multi-box mass balance, simulations of DP in seawater showed an increase from 2014 to 2025, before leveling off at 184 pg L-1 by a constant DP input to the BS. Riverine discharge almost contributed to the total input (similar to 99%) and dominated the DP levels in the BS. Degradation of DP accounted for 55.3% and 78.1% of total DP output in seawater and sediment, respectively, indicating that degradation mainly affected decline of DP in the environment. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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