PMID- 32757130
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20201125
LR  - 20210723
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 35
DP  - 2020 Dec
TI  - Environmental assessment of persistent organic pollutants in surface sediments of 
      the Danshui River basin, Taipei, Taiwan.
PG  - 44165-44176
LID - 10.1007/s11356-020-10315-z [doi]
AB  - Surface sediments from the Danshui River basin were collected and analyzed for 
      persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 
      (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethanes 
      (DDTs). The total concentrations of each category ranged from 96 to 3803 ng g(-1) 
      for PAHs, 0.02 to 54.9 ng g(-1) for PCBs, and from below the detection limit to 
      10.3 ng g(-1) for DDTs. These values are within the ranges observed for river and 
      estuarine sediments of industrial and urbanized areas in Taiwan and worldwide. A 
      decreasing trend of POP levels was observed in comparison with the levels 
      reported in previous studies. Significant correlations between the levels of 
      compounds and black carbon (BC) were found, suggesting that these POPs and BC may 
      have similar transport processes. Based on sediment quality guidelines (SQGs), 
      the ecological risk posed by these POPs toward sediment-dwelling organisms in the 
      Danshui River basin is relatively low. Long-term monitoring of contaminant levels 
      is necessary to develop appropriate management tools due to the importance of the 
      Danshui river basin as a water source for metropolitan areas.
FAU - Cheng, Jing-O
AU  - Cheng JO
AD  - National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Pingtung, Taiwan.
FAU - Liu, Kon-Kee
AU  - Liu KK
AD  - Graduate Institute of Hydrological and Oceanic Sciences, National Central 
      University, Chung-Li, Taiwan.
FAU - Ko, Fung-Chi
AU  - Ko FC
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8276-2353
AD  - National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Pingtung, Taiwan. 
      ko@gms.ndhu.edu.tw.
AD  - Graduate Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Checheng, 
      Pingtung, Taiwan. ko@gms.ndhu.edu.tw.
LA  - eng
GR  - MOST-104-2621-M-259-001 and MOST-106-2621-M-259-002/Ministry of Science and 
      Technology, Taiwan (TW)/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200805
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - *Environmental Pollutants
MH  - Geologic Sediments
MH  - *Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - *Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/analysis
MH  - Rivers
MH  - Taiwan
MH  - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Danshui River
OT  - POPs
OT  - Point source
OT  - Risk assessment
OT  - Sediment
EDAT- 2020/08/07 06:00
MHDA- 2020/11/26 06:00
CRDT- 2020/08/07 06:00
PHST- 2020/03/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/07/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/08/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/11/26 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/08/07 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-020-10315-z [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-020-10315-z [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2020 Dec;27(35):44165-44176. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-020-10315-z. Epub 2020 Aug 5.