PMID- 16806472
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070109
LR  - 20161124
IS  - 0160-4120 (Print)
IS  - 0160-4120 (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 7
DP  - 2006 Sep
TI  - Occurrence and degradation of butyltins and wastewater marker compounds in 
      sediments from Barcelona harbor, Spain.
PG  - 858-65
AB  - Contamination of Barcelona harbor sediments was assessed by the quantitative 
      determination of butyltins (TBT, DBT and MBT) and surfactant intermediates, 
      namely linear alkylbenzenes (LABs) and nonylphenols (NPs), as markers of urban 
      and industrial wastewater contamination, respectively. Degradation indexes of TBT 
      and LABs were calculated. Tributyltin predominated in the whole area over its 
      degradation products, ranging from 98 to 4702 ng Sn/g. These elevated 
      concentrations reveal a persistent historical contamination and a moderate 
      degradation (BT(deg)). Moreover, the high LAB concentrations (1.2-53.1 microg/g) 
      compared to the relatively low NP levels (3.8-72.0 ng/g) suggest a predominance 
      of urban over industrial wastewater inputs, although a significant correlation 
      (r(2) = 0.82, N = 12, P = 0.001) between LABs and NPs was found. Stormwater 
      runoff and combined sewer overflows (CSO) were likely the most possible sources 
      for both surfactant intermediates. The high degradation index values obtained for 
      LABs could indicate an improvement in the wastewater management reducing its 
      recent discharge into the Barcelona harbor area.
FAU - Diez, Sergi
AU  - Diez S
AD  - Environmental Chemistry Department, IIQAB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain. 
      sdsqam@cid.csic.es
FAU - Jover, Eric
AU  - Jover E
FAU - Albaiges, Joan
AU  - Albaiges J
FAU - Bayona, Josep M
AU  - Bayona JM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20060627
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Int
JT  - Environment international
JID - 7807270
RN  - 0 (Industrial Waste)
RN  - 0 (Trialkyltin Compounds)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 4XDX163P3D (tributyltin)
RN  - J64922108F (Benzene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Benzene/analysis/metabolism
MH  - Biodegradation, Environmental
MH  - Geologic Sediments/*analysis/chemistry
MH  - *Industrial Waste
MH  - Spain
MH  - Trialkyltin Compounds/*analysis/metabolism
MH  - Waste Disposal, Fluid/*methods
MH  - Waste Management
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis/metabolism
EDAT- 2006/06/30 09:00
MHDA- 2007/01/11 09:00
CRDT- 2006/06/30 09:00
PHST- 2005/11/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2006/04/19 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2006/05/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/06/30 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/01/11 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/06/30 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0160-4120(06)00062-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envint.2006.05.004 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Int. 2006 Sep;32(7):858-65. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.05.004. Epub 2006 
      Jun 27.