PMID- 17612164
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070803
LR  - 20190715
IS  - 0013-936X (Print)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 41
IP  - 11
DP  - 2007 Jun 1
TI  - Distribution of organochlorine pesticides in the northern South China Sea: 
      implications for land outflow and air-sea exchange.
PG  - 3884-90
AB  - The South China Sea (SCS) is surrounded by developing countries in Southeast 
      Asia, where persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as organochlorine 
      pesticides (OCPs), are still used legally or illegally, and are of concern. Yet 
      little is known about the distribution of OCPs in the water and atmosphere over 
      SCS, as well as their air-sea equilibrium status and time trends. In this study, 
      ship-board air samples and surface seawater collected in the northern SCS between 
      September 6 and 22, 2005 were analyzed for selected OCPs. The measured OCP 
      concentrations in the atmosphere over the northern SCS were influenced by 
      proximity to source regions and air mass origins. The highest atmospheric OCP 
      concentrations were found at sampling sites adjacent to continental South China. 
      OCPs in surface seawater showed significant spatial variations, with the highest 
      concentration observed in a water sample from off Vietnam. The coastal currents 
      were suggested to play a key role in the delivery of waterborne OCPs in the 
      northern SCS. Time trend, land outflow, and air-sea exchange of selected OCPs in 
      the SCS were investigated, by comparison of this dataset with historical data.
FAU - Zhang, Gan
AU  - Zhang G
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of 
      Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China. 
      zhanggan@gig.ac.cn
FAU - Li, Jun
AU  - Li J
FAU - Cheng, Hairong
AU  - Cheng H
FAU - Li, Xiangdong
AU  - Li X
FAU - Xu, Weihai
AU  - Xu W
FAU - Jones, Kevin C
AU  - Jones KC
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 059QF0KO0R (Water)
SB  - IM
MH  - Atmosphere/chemistry
MH  - China
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/*analysis
MH  - Oceans and Seas
MH  - Pesticides/*analysis
MH  - Water/*chemistry
MH  - Water Movements
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
EDAT- 2007/07/07 09:00
MHDA- 2007/08/04 09:00
CRDT- 2007/07/07 09:00
PHST- 2007/07/07 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/08/04 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/07/07 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1021/es070072r [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2007 Jun 1;41(11):3884-90. doi: 10.1021/es070072r.