Characterization of Chemical Contamination in Shallow-Water Estuarine Habitats of an Industrialized River. Part 1: Organic Compounds

Iannuzzi, Timothy J.; Armstrong, Tina N.; Thelen, John B.; Ludwig, David F.; Firstenberg, Clifford E.

doi:10.1080/15320380590891790

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“…The range and mean of values of the Delmarva are broadly comparable to those from a study of salt marsh surface sediments of Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Estuary, New Jersey, where ΣPAH18 was 37-1696 µg/kg with a mean value of 671µg/kg (Vane et al, 2008). The Delmarva ΣPAH18 are also comparable with those reported for contaminants in surface sediments taken from the mudflats of the Mullica River, New Jersey, that has been relatively unaffected by industrial and urban influences (Iannuzzi et al, 2005), where ΣPAH25 concentrations were 436-1380 µg/kg with a mean of 786 µg/kg. In the current study, the mean concentration is marginally lower (485 µg/kg) than that reported by Iannuzzi et al, 2005 and can be mitigated by the fact that we report ΣPAH18 rather than ΣPAH25.…”

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PAH, PCB, TPH and mercury in surface sediments of the Delaware River Estuary and Delmarva Peninsula, USA

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Vane

Moss‐Hayes

et al. 2018

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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Surface sediment concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and mercury, were compared from two areas with contrasting land use history, the industrial Delaware Estuary and the rural Delmarva Peninsula (USA). TPH in the Delaware (38-616mg/kg) and saturate/aromatic fractions suggested petroleum/industrial sources compared to biogenic sources in the Delmarva coastal control (<34-159mg/kg). Within the Delaware the ∑PAH18 ranged from 3749 to 22,324μg/kg with isomeric ratios indicative of petroleum combustion source/s, conversely, those in the Delmarva (5-2139μg/kg) also yielded relatively higher perylene that were consistent with natural background levels derived from vegetation/coal combustion source/s. ∑PCB(tri-hepta) concentrations in the Delmarva (0.6-6.5μg/kg) were less than the threshold effect concentration (TEC), whereas the Delaware had received much higher PCB loading (18.1-136.8μg/kg) as evidenced by a significantly higher amounts in some samples (>TEC).

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PAH, PCB, TPH and mercury in surface sediments of the Delaware River Estuary and Delmarva Peninsula, USA

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Vane

Moss‐Hayes

et al. 2018

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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“…The entire New York New Jersey Harbor area is notorious for its intense sediment pollution associated with the most densely populated, major urban center along the Northeast corridor. These sediments have been characterized as highly polluted in dioxins, PAHs, PCBs, and many other toxic contaminants (e.g., Iannuzzi, Armstrong, Thelen, Ludwig, & Firstenberg, 2005). Early studies described tolerance characteristics in killifish from Newark (Prince & Cooper, 1995a, 1995b.…”

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When evolution is the solution to pollution: Key principles, and lessons from rapid repeated adaptation of killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) populations

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Reid

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For most species, evolutionary adaptation is not expected to be sufficiently rapid to buffer the effects of human‐mediated environmental changes, including environmental pollution. Here we review how key features of populations, the characteristics of environmental pollution, and the genetic architecture underlying adaptive traits, may interact to shape the likelihood of evolutionary rescue from pollution. Large populations of Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) persist in some of the most contaminated estuaries of the United States, and killifish studies have provided some of the first insights into the types of genomic changes that enable rapid evolutionary rescue from complexly degraded environments. We describe how selection by industrial pollutants and other stressors has acted on multiple populations of killifish and posit that extreme nucleotide diversity uniquely positions this species for successful evolutionary adaptation. Mechanistic studies have identified some of the genetic underpinnings of adaptation to a well‐studied class of toxic pollutants; however, multiple genetic regions under selection in wild populations seem to reflect more complex responses to diverse native stressors and/or compensatory responses to primary adaptation. The discovery of these pollution‐adapted killifish populations suggests that the evolutionary influence of anthropogenic stressors as selective agents occurs widely. Yet adaptation to chemical pollution in terrestrial and aquatic vertebrate wildlife may rarely be a successful “solution to pollution” because potentially adaptive phenotypes may be complex and incur fitness costs, and therefore be unlikely to evolve quickly enough, especially in species with small population sizes.

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“…These can be distinguished using parent and alkylated PAH distributions as well as parent PAH isomeric ratios, which are controlled by the temperature and duration of formation [8]. In most industrially impacted environments, petrogenic and pyrolytic PAH sources predominate, and these have different parent PAH distributions that permit sediments contaminated with crude oil and petrol to be distinguished from combustion sources, such as coal burning and vehicular combustion emissions [3,9,10]. The known history of initial production, peak production and banning of a particular group of environmentally persistent organic compounds, which have no known natural sources, such as PCBs and/or brominated flame retardants (polybrominated diphenyl ethers, PBDEs), can be used not only to trace changing industries but also to potentially provide chronological information based upon varying product formulation histories [4].…”

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Chemical signatures of the Anthropocene in the Clyde estuary, UK: sediment-hosted Pb, ^207/206 Pb, total petroleum hydrocarbon, polyaromatic hydrocarbon and polychlorinated biphenyl pollution records

Vane

Chenery

Harrison

et al. 2011

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

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The sediment concentrations of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs), polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Pb and 207/206 Pb isotope ratios were measured in seven cores from the middle Clyde estuary (Scotland, UK) with an aim of tracking the late Anthropocene. Concentrations of TPHs ranged from 34 to 4386 mg kg −1 , total PAHs from 19 to 16 163 mg kg −1 and total PCBs between less than 4.3 to 1217 mg kg −1 . Inventories, distributions and isomeric ratios of the organic pollutants were used to reconstruct pollutant histories. Pre-Industrial Revolution and modern nonpolluted sediments were characterized by low TPH and PAH values as well as high relative abundance of biogenic-sourced phenanthrene and naphthalene. The increasing industrialization of the Clyde gave rise to elevated PAH concentrations and PAH isomeric ratios characteristic of both grass/wood/coal and petroleum and combustion (specifically petroleum combustion). Overall, PAHs had the longest history of any of the organic contaminants. Increasing TPH concentrations and a concomitant decline in PAHs mirrored the lessening of coal use and increasing reliance on petroleum fuels from about the 1950s. Thereafter, declining hydrocarbon pollution was followed by the onset (1950s), peak (1965-1977) and decline (post-1980s) in total PCB concentrations. Lead concentrations ranged from 6 to 631 mg kg −1 , while 207/206 Pb isotope ratios spanned 0.838-0.876, indicative of various proportions of 'background', British ore/coal and Broken Hill type petrol/industrial lead. A chronology was established using published Pb isotope data for aerosol-derived Pb and applied to the cores.

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Characterization of Chemical Contamination in Shallow-Water Estuarine Habitats of an Industrialized River. Part 1: Organic Compounds

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PAH, PCB, TPH and mercury in surface sediments of the Delaware River Estuary and Delmarva Peninsula, USA

PAH, PCB, TPH and mercury in surface sediments of the Delaware River Estuary and Delmarva Peninsula, USA

When evolution is the solution to pollution: Key principles, and lessons from rapid repeated adaptation of killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) populations

Chemical signatures of the Anthropocene in the Clyde estuary, UK: sediment-hosted Pb, ^207/206 Pb, total petroleum hydrocarbon, polyaromatic hydrocarbon and polychlorinated biphenyl pollution records

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Characterization of Chemical Contamination in Shallow-Water Estuarine Habitats of an Industrialized River. Part 1: Organic Compounds

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PAH, PCB, TPH and mercury in surface sediments of the Delaware River Estuary and Delmarva Peninsula, USA

PAH, PCB, TPH and mercury in surface sediments of the Delaware River Estuary and Delmarva Peninsula, USA

When evolution is the solution to pollution: Key principles, and lessons from rapid repeated adaptation of killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) populations

Chemical signatures of the Anthropocene in the Clyde estuary, UK: sediment-hosted Pb, 207/206 Pb, total petroleum hydrocarbon, polyaromatic hydrocarbon and polychlorinated biphenyl pollution records

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Chemical signatures of the Anthropocene in the Clyde estuary, UK: sediment-hosted Pb, ^207/206 Pb, total petroleum hydrocarbon, polyaromatic hydrocarbon and polychlorinated biphenyl pollution records