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ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
Volume 126, Issue -, Pages 177-185Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.12.024
Keywords
Black carbon; Two carbon Freundlich model; OCPs; Adsorption; Sediment-water partitioning; Indus River
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- Natural Environment Research Council [ceh010010] Funding Source: researchfish
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This study was conducted with the aim of assessing the levels and black carbon mediated sediment water partitioning of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) from the Indus River. ZOCPs ranged between 52-285 ng L-1 and 5.6-29.2 ng g(-1) in water and sediment samples respectively. However, the ranges of sedimentary fraction of total organic carbon (froc) and black carbon (fec) were 0.82-2.26% and 0.04-0.5% respectively. Spatially, OCPs concentrations were higher at upstream sites as compared to downstream sites. Source diagnostic ratios indicated the technical usage of HCH (a-HCHN-HCH > 4) and significant presence of DDT metabolites with fresh inputs into the Indus River as indicated by the ratios of (DDE+DDD)/EDDTs (0.27-0.96). The partitioning of OCPs between the sediments and water can be explained by two carbon Freundlich adsorption model which included both organic carbon and black carbon pools as partitioning media. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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