Increased zooplankton PAH concentrations across hydrographic fronts in the East China Sea. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The Changjiang has transported large quantities of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to the East China Sea (ECS), but information of these pollutants in zooplankton is limited. To understand PAHs pollution in zooplankton in the ECS, total concentrations of PAHs in zooplankton from surface waters were measured. Values of PAHs ranged from 2 to 3500 ng m(-3) in the ECS, with highest PAHs levels located at the salinity front between the Changjiang Diluted Water (CDW) and the mid-shelf waters. In contrast, concentrations of zooplankton PAHs in the mid-shelf and outer-shelf waters were significantly lower (2-23 ng m(-3)) than those in the CDW. These results demonstrate that PAHs are conspicuously accumulated in zooplankton at the salinity front between the CDW and the mid-shelf waters. These higher levels of PAHs in zooplankton at the salinity front may be further biomagnified in marine organisms of higher trophic levels through their feeding activities.

published proceedings

  • Mar Pollut Bull

author list (cited authors)

  • Hung, C., Ko, F., Gong, G., Chen, K., Wu, J., Chiang, H., Peng, S., & Santschi, P. H.

citation count

  • 12

complete list of authors

  • Hung, Chin-Chang||Ko, Fung-Chi||Gong, Gwo-Ching||Chen, Kuo-Shu||Wu, Jian-Ming||Chiang, Hsin-Lun||Peng, Sen-Chueh||Santschi, Peter H

publication date

  • June 2014