PMID- 29744915
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190208
LR  - 20240330
IS  - 1552-8618 (Electronic)
IS  - 0730-7268 (Print)
IS  - 0730-7268 (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 8
DP  - 2018 Aug
TI  - Using performance reference compounds to compare mass transfer calibration 
      methodologies in passive samplers deployed in the water column.
PG  - 2089-2097
LID - 10.1002/etc.4167 [doi]
AB  - Performance reference compounds (PRCs) are often added to passive samplers prior 
      to field deployments to provide information about mass transfer kinetics between 
      the sampled environment and the passive sampler. Their popularity has resulted in 
      different methods of varying complexity to estimate mass transfer and better 
      estimate freely dissolved concentrations (C(free) ) of targeted compounds. Three 
      methods for describing a mass transfer model are commonly used: a first-order 
      kinetic method, a nonlinear least squares fitting of sampling rate, and a 
      diffusion method. Low-density polyethylene strips loaded with PRCs and of 4 
      different thicknesses were used as passive samplers to create an array of PRC 
      results to assess the comparability and reproducibility of each of the methods. 
      Samplers were deployed in the water column at 3 stations in New Bedford Harbor 
      (MA, USA). Collected data allowed C(free) comparisons to be performed in 2 ways: 
      1) comparison of C(free) derived from one thickness using different methods, and 
      2) comparison of C(free) derived by the same method using different thicknesses 
      of polyethylene. Overall, the nonlinear least squares and diffusion methods 
      demonstrated the most precise results for all the PCBs measured and generated 
      C(free) values that were often statistically indistinguishable. Relative standard 
      deviations (RSDs) for total PCB measurements using the same thickness and varying 
      model types ranged from 0.04 to 12% and increased with sampler thickness, and 
      RSDs for estimates using the same method and varying thickness ranged from 8 to 
      18%. Environmental scientists and managers are encouraged to use these methods 
      when estimating C(free) from passive sampling and PRC data. Environ Toxicol Chem 
      2018;37:2089-2097. Published 2018 Wiley Periodicals Inc. on behalf of SETAC. This 
      article is a US government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the 
      United States of America.
CI  - Published 2018 Wiley Periodicals Inc. on behalf of SETAC. This article is a US 
      government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of 
      America.
FAU - Joyce, Abigail S
AU  - Joyce AS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5322-3035
AD  - Atlantic Ecology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research 
      Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection 
      Agency, Narragansett, Rhode Island, US.
FAU - Burgess, Robert M
AU  - Burgess RM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4504-5125
AD  - Atlantic Ecology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research 
      Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection 
      Agency, Narragansett, Rhode Island, US.
LA  - eng
GR  - EPA999999/Intramural EPA/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
DEP - 20180713
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Toxicol Chem
JT  - Environmental toxicology and chemistry
JID - 8308958
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 059QF0KO0R (Water)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Calibration
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*instrumentation/*methods
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - Polyethylene/chemistry
MH  - Reference Standards
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Water/*chemistry
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
PMC - PMC6122610
MID - NIHMS1500792
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Passive sampling
OT  - Performance reference compounds
OT  - Persistent organic pollutants
OT  - Polychlorinated biphenyls
EDAT- 2018/05/11 06:00
MHDA- 2019/02/09 06:00
PMCR- 2019/08/01
CRDT- 2018/05/11 06:00
PHST- 2018/01/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/03/08 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2018/05/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/05/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/02/09 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/05/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1002/etc.4167 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Toxicol Chem. 2018 Aug;37(8):2089-2097. doi: 10.1002/etc.4167. Epub 2018 
      Jul 13.