Short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) are under the evaluation for inclusion into the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants. However, information on their bioconcentration and biomagnification in marine ecosystems is unavailable, limiting the evaluation of their ecological risks. In this study, seawater, sediment, zooplankton, invertebrates, and fishes collected from Liaodong Bay, Bohai Sea, North China were analyzed to investigate the residual level, congener group profile, bioaccumulation, and trophic transfer of SCCPs in a marine food web. The total concentrations of SCCPs ranged from 4.1 to 13.1 ng L(-1) in seawater, 65 to 541 ng g(-1) (dw) in sediment, and 86 to 4400 ng g(-1) (ww) in organisms. Correspondence analysis indicated the relative enrichment of C10Cl5 and C11Cl5 formula groups in most aquatic organisms. Both the logarithm bioaccumulation factors (log BAFs: 4.1-6.7) and biota-sediment accumulation factors (BSAFs: 0.1-7.3) of individual congeners implied the bioaccumulation of SCCPs. The trophic magnification factor (TMF) of ∑SCCPs was determined to be 2.38 in the zooplankton-shrimp-fish food web, indicating biomagnification potential of SCCPs in the marine ecosystem. The TMF values of individual congener groups significantly correlated with their log KOW values.
The
presence of anthropogenically emitted chlorinated paraffins
(CPs) has been reported in the pristine regions, providing evidence
of their long-range transport. This study comprehensively analyzed
the short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) and medium-chain chlorinated
paraffins (MCCPs) in both gas and particle phases at King George Island,
West Antarctica (the Chinese Great Wall Station), from 2014 to 2018.
The atmospheric levels of CPs ranged between 71.4 and 4230 pg/m3, with an increasing temporal trend during the sampling time.
Three different models (J–P model, H–B model, and L–M–Y
model) were built to estimate the progress of gas/particle partitioning
of CPs at the measurement site. Furthermore, we compared the measured
data of the gas/particle partitioning with the data estimated using
three different models. We found that the steady-state model (L–M–Y
model) was more suitable for investigating the gas/particle partitioning
of CPs instead of equilibrium state models (J–P model and H–B
model). The result indicated that steady-state approximation rather
than the equilibrium state represents the most predominant contribution
to the transport of CPs to the Antarctic region. The steady-state
further made it conducive to sustaining the levels of CPs for a more
extended period in the atmosphere of West Antarctica.
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