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Freshwater Biological Association
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Ambleside, UK
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http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/5224
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1256
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2011-09-29 15:12:34
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5224
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Freshwater Biological Association
Publication Date:
2021-07-09
Description:
20 samples of soil or sediment (7 of which were predominantly sand) from various locations were received for analysis of their content of organic pollutants. These analyses were performed using a capillary column gas chromatograph equipped with an electron impact (E.I.) mass spectrometer as detector and using computerised data storage. In addition to the target compounds, the full scan data were examined to determine the composition of natural organic products and a series of diagnostic fragment ions was used to search for additional anthropogenic products. Organic-rich environmental samples are notoriously difficult to analyse for pollutant organics owing to the presence of high concentrations of many natural organic compounds. A single procedure for extraction and clean-up was adopted. It was designed for chlorinated aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and other pesticides containing acidic functional groups and was based on published methods for the determination of organic pollutants in soils and sediments. 4 soils and 2 sands showed levels of one or two groups of PCBs slightly in excess of the detection limit, one sample showed a similar level of 2,4-D and 3 samples contained dieldrin at or just above the detection limit.
Keywords:
Ecology
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Limnology
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Pollution
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Organic matter
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Methodology
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Dioxins
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Sediment sampling
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Hydrocarbon analysis
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Hydrocarbons
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England
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
monograph
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
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