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http://dx.doi.org/10.7837/kosomes.2016.22.2.220

Distribution Characteristics of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Sediments inside Jeju Harbor  

Heo, Ryun-Yong (Graduate School of Jeju National University)
Kam, Sang-Kyu (Department of Environmental Engineering, Jeju National University)
Cho, Eun-Il (Department of Environmental Engineering, Jeju National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety / v.22, no.2, 2016 , pp. 220-227 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were measured in surface sediments collected three times (June, October, December, 2013), inside Jeju Harbor as major harbors of Jeju Island. The concentration of PCBs inside Jeju Harbor was in the range of 1.62~4.45 (mean) ng/g on a dry weight basis and the levels were very low. In the analysis of PCBS homologue patterns, high-chlorinated PCB congeners were dominant in surface sediments inside Jeju Harbor, indicating that their sources were originated from shipping activity. In the relationships between PCBs concentrations and particle size (mud, sand and gravel) in surface sediments, PCBs concentrations were higher in the sediments with higher mud content, indicating that higher PCBs were distributed with increasing sediments of fine gradules. The PCBs concentrations in surface sediments in this study were very low, compared with ER-L (effect range-low) and TEL (threshold effects level) among sediment quality guideleines (SQGs) applied in foreign countries, such as USA, Canada, and Australia, etc), indicating that their biological effects on the bottom organisms in marine environment were expected to be very low.
Keywords
Jeju Harbor; Sediment; PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls); Organic carbon; Particle size; Homologue;
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