期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 476, 期 -, 页码 568-576出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.026
关键词
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Fluvial sediment; Core; Rhone River; Spatial and temporal trends
资金
- Rhone-Mediterranean and Corsica Water Agency
- Rhone-Alpes Region
- Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region
- Compagnie Nationale du Rhone (CNR)
Despite bans on PCB use since 1975 (open systems) and 1987 (closed systems), concentrations of PCBs in riverine fish in France continue to exceed regulatory levels. We present historical records of PCB concentrations in sediment cores from eight sites on the Rhone River, from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean Sea. Maximum PCB concentrations (sum of seven indicator PCBs) increase downstream, from 11.50 mu g/kg at the most upstream site to 417.1 mu g/kg at the most downstream site. At some sites peak concentrations occur in sediment deposited as recently as the 2000s. Hierarchical clustering (five clusters) identified differences in PCB congener profiles within and between sites. Exponential models fit to decadal time windows indicate that rapid reductions in concentrations during about 1990-2000 have slowed, and that it might be decades before target concentrations in sediment that correspond to regulatory thresholds in fish will be reached at some sites. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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