Publication Date:
2021-05-19
Description:
An investigation in the East China Sea was conducted in December 2008 to establish a monitoring system for persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the offshore waters and to elucidate their contamination status, distribution and fate around Japan. Sea water and sediment samples were collected in this investigation, and analyzed for POPs and its candidates i.e. PCDD/Fs, Dioxin like (DL)-PCBs, PCBs, DDTs, CHLs, Heptachlors, HCHs, Drines, Mirex, Toxaphene, HCB, PBDEs, HBCDs and Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) such as PFOS and PFOA. The on−site large volume (2000 L)water sampling system was constructed on board and evaluated to detect trace level of POPs
in offshore waters, and the usability and effectiveness of the system were also confirmed. Despite of the very low contaminations of chlorinated and brominated POPs detected in the waters of Kuroshio Current, the monitoring system using on−site large volume sampler developed in this survey can be used effectively for the detection and quantification of POPs in offshore waters in future.
Description:
Published
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
Journal Contribution
,
Refereed
Format:
pp. 1-12
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