PMID- 34763183
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211207
LR  - 20211214
IS  - 1879-3363 (Electronic)
IS  - 0025-326X (Linking)
VI  - 173
IP  - Pt B
DP  - 2021 Dec
TI  - Revisiting of persistent organic pollution occurrence and distribution in the 
      surface sediment along western Taiwan coast.
PG  - 113118
LID - S0025-326X(21)01152-8 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113118 [doi]
AB  - Levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including PAHs, PCBs, DDTs, and 
      PBDEs, were measured in sediment collected from along the Taiwan coast and 
      compared to previous studies. The dominant POPs were PAHs, followed by PCBs, 
      PBDEs, and DDTs. The highest levels of PAHs and PCBs were found in sediment from 
      harbors in southern Taiwan, which are surrounded by densely populated areas and 
      affected by multiple industrial activities. In contrast, significantly higher 
      levels of PBDEs were found at the northern coastline, which has a higher 
      population and includes the metropolitan Taipei area. Using diagnostic PAH 
      ratios, the predominant sources of PAHs in coastal Taiwan was determined to be 
      pyrolytic-related activities. The main component of each POP was low- to 
      moderately-chlorinated congeners, p,p'-DDE and BDE209, respectively. Further 
      studies are required to assess the impact of these POPs on marine and coastal 
      ecosystem.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Cheng, Jing-O
AU  - Cheng JO
AD  - National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan.
FAU - Tseng, Po-Hsuan
AU  - Tseng PH
AD  - National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan.
FAU - Chou, Pei-Hsin
AU  - Chou PH
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
FAU - Hsieh, Chi-Ying
AU  - Hsieh CY
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, National Ping Tung University of Science 
      and Technology, Taiwan.
FAU - Ko, Fung-Chi
AU  - Ko FC
AD  - National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan; Institute of 
      Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan. Electronic 
      address: ko@nmmba.gov.tw.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20211108
PL  - England
TA  - Mar Pollut Bull
JT  - Marine pollution bulletin
JID - 0260231
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Ecosystem
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Geologic Sediments
MH  - *Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - Taiwan
MH  - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Benthic
OT  - Estuarine
OT  - PCA
OT  - POPs
OT  - Sediments
EDAT- 2021/11/12 06:00
MHDA- 2021/12/15 06:00
CRDT- 2021/11/11 20:20
PHST- 2021/09/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/10/28 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/11/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/11/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/12/15 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/11/11 20:20 [entrez]
AID - S0025-326X(21)01152-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113118 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mar Pollut Bull. 2021 Dec;173(Pt B):113118. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113118. 
      Epub 2021 Nov 8.