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Spatial Distribution and Residual Consistency Assessment of PBDEs in the Surface Sediment of the Masan Bay  

We, Sung-Ug (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungnam University)
Yoon, Cho-Hee (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungnam University)
Min, Byung-Yoon (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungnam University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers / v.32, no.5, 2010 , pp. 427-436 More about this Journal
Abstract
A total of 18 surface sediments within the special conservation zone in the Masan Bay were analyzed to investigate the spatial distribution and polluted pathway of polybrominated diphenyl ehters(PBDEs). Twenty-two PBDE congeners were detected and brominated diphenyl ether-209 (BDE-209) among them was predominant. The concentrations of BDE-209 and ${\Sigma}_{21}$PBDEs (sum of 21 PBDE congeners without BDE-209) ranged from 2.32 to 64.2 ng/g and from 0.72 to 8.24 ng/g, respectively. The spatial distribution of both BDE-209 and ${\Sigma}_{21}$PBDEs showed a negative gradient from the inner to the outer Bay, indicating that the source of PBDEs might be mainly located inside the Bay such as streams and an effluent of wastewater treatment plants. It was seemed likely that the major parameters determining levels of PBDEs in the Masan Bay were the distance discharging from their sources as well as the characteristics and movement of sediments due to the flow of sea water.
Keywords
PBDEs; Surface sediment; Spatial distribution; Masan Bay;
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