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Wang J, Gough WA, Yan J, Lu Z. Ecological Risk Assessment of Trace Metal in Pacific Sector of Arctic Ocean and Bering Strait Surface Sediments. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19084454. [PMID: 35457322 PMCID: PMC9031188 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19084454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The arctic region is a remote area with relatively few anthropogenic inputs, but there is increasing concern over toxic trace metal contamination in the Arctic Ocean. In this study, distribution characteristics of eight trace metals in the surface sediment of the Pacific Sector of the Arctic Ocean and Bering Strait are analyzed. The geochemical baseline value of each metal element is explored using the relative cumulative frequency curve method; the enrichment factor (EF), geo-accumulation index (Igeo) and potential ecological risk index (RI) are applied to assess the ecological risk level of the trace metals. According to the results, Cu, As and Hg had a little more content variation, and their contents in some areas were significantly higher than the previous reports. EF values show an obvious enrichment of element As, followed by Cr element with the moderate enrichment; the enrichment of the other six elements are not related to human activity. The Igeo value shows a moderately contaminated to heavily contaminated level of As and a moderately contaminated level of Cr. According to the potential ecological risk indexes in each site, most sites are at a low ecological risk level except five sites with RI/baseline values exceeding 150 which are at a moderate ecological risk level.
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- Juan Wang
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; (J.W.); (J.Y.)
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON M1C 1A4, Canada;
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; (J.W.); (J.Y.)
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; (J.W.); (J.Y.)
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-21-65983120
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Mortazavi R, Attiya S, Ariya PA. Diversity of metals and metal-interactive bacterial populations in different types of Arctic snow and frost flowers: Implications on snow freeze-melt processes in a changing climate. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 690:277-289. [PMID: 31288118 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Revised: 06/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Arctic snow has been shown to be a reactive interface for key physical, chemical, and microbiological processes, affecting the Arctic's oxidation, biodiversity, radiation, and climate. To explore the potential links between snow-borne metal contaminants and metal-interactive bacteria, to freezing/melting processes, we performed concurrent chemical characterization, genomic, and morphological analysis of five different Arctic snowpack (accumulated, blowing, fresh falling, surface hoar, and wind pack snow) and frost flower in Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, using Montreal urban snow as reference. Several complementary analytical techniques, including triple quad ICP-MS/MS along with various chromatography techniques, thermal ionization mass spectrometer (TIMS), high-resolution transition electron microscopy with electron dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (HR-TEM/EDS), and next generation sequencing (NGS), were deployed. Distinct metal composition and bacterial distribution among samples were observed. The concentration of 27 different transition, post-transition, rare, and radioactive metals were determined in molten snow and frost flower, as well as filtered samples. The range of three highest detected metal concentrations among samples were: Hg (3.294-134.485 μg/L), Fe (0.719-34.469 μg/L), and Sr (1.676-19,297.000 μg/L). NGS analysis led to the identification of metal interacting bacteria in all types of snow and frost flowers in the Arctic (blowing snow (1239), surface hoar snow (2243), windpack (2431), frost flowers (1440)), and Montreal urban snow (5498)) with specific bacterial genera such as: Acinetobacter, Arcenicella, Azospirillum (surface hoar snow), Arthrobacter, Paenibacillus (blowing snow), and Cycloclasticus, OM182 clade (frost flower). Several types of bacteria with confirmed or associated ice nucleation activity were observed in different types of snow, and frost flower including Pseudomonas genera (e.g., Pseudomonas fluorescens), Flavobacterium, Corynebacterium, and Pseudoxanthomonas. The implications of the above findings to snow-air interactions including nanoparticles, namely during melting and freezing cycles, and to probe the impact of various natural and anthropogenic activities are herein discussed.
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- Roya Mortazavi
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, McGill University & Génome Québec, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
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Han S, Cai Z, Liu J, Zhang M, Chen J, Lin Y. Comparison on aerosol physicochemical properties of sea and land along the coast of Bohai, China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 673:148-156. [PMID: 30986674 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2019] [Revised: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The Bohai Sea is one of four major sea areas adjacent to China, air pollution is becoming an issue along the Bohai coast owing to rapid industrialization and urbanization. To analyze the sea-land interaction and its influence on regional particulate pollution, a comparison of sea and land aerosol physicochemical properties was carried out using observations and numerical simulation. Three observation sites, an ocean site on the Bohai Sea, a coastal station in the Tanggu district, and an inland station in Tianjin City were established. The movements and interactions of pollutants between land and sea were determined, and it was found that the convergence of sea-land breezes produced an ascending motion, which served to concentrate pollutants, with the polluted central body of air extending upward to a height of 200 m. The proportion of fine particle aerosols was greater in Bohai than at the inland site, although aerosol pollution levels over land were higher than those over ocean. The annual average aerosol optical depths, at the Bohai and inland sites were 0.74 and 0.82, and the annual average wavelength indices were 0.97 and 0.90, respectively. The spatial distribution of PM2.5 concentration was characterized as inland > Bohai > coastal zone, which reflected local emissions, the special terrain and meteorological conditions of the coastal zone. Higher concentrations of EC, SO42-, Mg, Al, V, and Cr at Bohai, compared to the other sites, might have been due to ship emissions on the Bohai Sea, while industrial development could explain why the maximum concentrations of Fe and NO3- were observed at the coastal site. In addition, the diurnal distribution of SO42- exhibited a trend opposite to that for humidity, both at the Bohai and coastal sites, which indicated that, in addition to secondary transformation under high humidity conditions, sulfate emission sources were located locally.
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- Suqin Han
- Tianjin Institute of Meteorological Science, Tianjin 300074, China.
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- Tianjin Institute of Meteorological Science, Tianjin 300074, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Meteorological Science, Tianjin 300074, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Meteorological Science, Tianjin 300074, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Meteorological Science, Tianjin 300074, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Meteorological Science, Tianjin 300074, China
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Durell GS, Neff JM. Effects of offshore oil exploration and development in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea: Long-term patterns of hydrocarbons in sediments. INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 2019; 15:224-236. [PMID: 30675992 DOI: 10.1002/ieam.4129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Revised: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has sponsored 4 major monitoring projects in the oil and gas development area of the Alaskan Beaufort Sea since the 1980s, the last being the Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in the Development Area III (ANIMIDA III) Project (2014-2017). These studies were conducted to better understand the physical, chemical, and biological environments and how oil and gas activities may impact them. This paper focuses on monitoring sediment hydrocarbon chemistry. The projects included measuring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), n-alkanes and isoprenoids (SHCs), and sterane/triterpene (S/T) geochemical biomarkers and determining their distribution, possible sources, and environmental significance in the sediments of the Beaufort Sea and rivers emptying into it. Concentrations of hydrocarbons in sediments were variable on both spatial and temporal scales; surface sediment concentrations of total PAHs (TPAHs), the class of hydrocarbons of greatest environmental interest, averaged between 300 and 700 μg/kg in different years of monitoring between 1985 and 2015. The concentrations were similar to those measured in other marine regions of Alaska where oil activities have not occurred. Sediment TPAH concentrations were below sediment quality guidelines values, indicating a low risk of harm to benthic marine communities. The hydrocarbons in the Beaufort Sea sediments are primarily from non-oil petrogenic and biogenic sources, with small amounts of pyrogenic hydrocarbons. Most of the hydrocarbons are carried to the Beaufort Sea in coastal erosion and river inputs of hydrocarbon-rich materials, such as peat and shale. The majority of the Beaufort Sea Development Area, including near production facilities, contains uncontaminated sediments with only a few small areas near (<100 m) some exploratory wells where petroleum hydrocarbon concentrations are above regional background. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2019;15:224-236. © 2019 SETAC.
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- Neff & Associates LLC, Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA
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Trefry JH, Neff JM. Effects of offshore oil exploration and development in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea: A three-decade record for sediment metals. INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 2019; 15:209-223. [PMID: 29920933 DOI: 10.1002/ieam.4069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Impacts from oil exploration, development, and production in the Beaufort Sea, Alaska, USA are assessed using concentrations of metals in sediments collected during 2014 to 2015, combined with a large data set for 1985 to 2006. Concentrations of 7 (1980s) or 17 (1999-2015) metals in 423 surface sediments from 134 stations, plus 563 samples from 30 cores were highly variable, primarily as a function of sediment granulometry with naturally greater metals concentrations in fine-grained, Al-rich sediment. Metals versus Al correlation plots were used to normalize metals concentrations and identify values significantly above background. Barium, Cr, Cu, Hg, and Pb concentrations were above background, but variable, within 250 m of some offshore sites where drilling occurred between 1981 and 2001; these areas totaled <6 km2 of 11 000 km2 in the total lease area. Random and fixed sampling along the coastal Beaufort Sea from 1985 to 2015 yielded 40 positive anomalies for metals in surface sediments (∼0.8% of 5082 data points). About 85% of the anomalies were from developed areas. Half the anomalies were for the 5 metals found enhanced near drilling sites. No metals concentrations, except As, exceeded accepted sediment quality criteria. Interannual shifts in metals values for surface sediments at inner shelf sites were common and linked to storm-induced transitions in granulometry; however, metal-to-Al ratios were uniform during these shifts. Sediment cores generally recorded centuries of background values, except for As, Fe, and Mn. These 3 metals were naturally enriched in sediments from deeper water (>100 m) via diagenetic remobilization at sediment depths of 5 to 15 cm, upward diffusion, and precipitation in surface oxic layers. Minimal evidence for anthropogenic inputs of metals, except near some exploratory drilling sites, is consistent with extraction of most oil from land or barrier islands in the Alaskan Arctic and restricted offshore activity to date. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2019;15:209-223. © 2018 SETAC.
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- John H Trefry
- Department of Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, USA
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- Neff & Associates, Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA
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Wang X, Jiang L, Gai Z, Tao F, Tang H, Xu P. The plasticity of indigenous microbial community in a full-scale heavy oil-produced water treatment plant. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2018; 358:155-164. [PMID: 29990802 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.06.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Revised: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Indigenous microbial communities are main and promising performers for bioremediation due to their excellent adaptability, degradation capability, and inherent plasticity. Treating heavy oil-produced water (HOPW) is a challenge owing to the high recalcitrance and heterogeneity of chemicals it contains. A full-scale HOPW treatment plant was built at a capacity of 10,000 m3/d with the indigenous microbial community. After the treatment, the outlet water reached the design standard. The microbial community structures in all treatment stages were analyzed by using Illumina MiSeq 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The composition of microbial community changed greatly with the changes in environmental conditions, especially with the only artificially regulated parameter of dissolved oxygen. In the anaerobic stage, the community converted the recalcitrant chemical oxygen demand to biological oxygen demand (BOD), and played a major role in enhancing the biodegradability of HOPW. During the aerobic stage, the community mainly mineralized BOD. These results suggest that the structures of indigenous microbial community differed in different treatment stages to accomplish the corresponding functions. Based on these findings, it is proposed that exploiting the plasticity of microbial communities for bioremediation is feasible, especially treating wastewater with varied components.
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- Xiaoyu Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Jinuson Bioengineering Co., Ltd., Daqing 163161, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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- Jinuson Bioengineering Co., Ltd., Daqing 163161, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China.
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Lu ZB, Kang M. Risk assessment of toxic metals in marine sediments from the Arctic Ocean using a modified BCR sequential extraction procedure. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2018; 53:278-293. [PMID: 29172965 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2017.1397443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Surface sediment samples were collected from the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean during the 6th Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition (CHINARE), 2014. Concentrations and extractabilities of six toxic metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn) were determined using a modified sequential extraction procedure as described by the European Community Bureau of Reference (BCR). A new analytical hierarchy approach to risk assessment, involving sediment quality guidelines and risk-assessment codes, is described for metals in marine sediments from the Arctic Ocean. Results indicate a mobility order of Pb > Cd > Cu > Zn > Ni > Cr with mean liable fraction (F1+F2+F3) being 83.0%, 81.6%, 62.0%, 47.1%, 42.1%, and 15.6%, respectively. Ni presents the most serious ecological risk in the study area, with most samples (93.9%) indicating medium risk, followed by Cu (54.5%) and Zn (27.3%). For Ni and Zn, there are also samples showing high ecological risk (Ni at site NB02, northern Bering Sea; Zn at R07, northern Chukchi Sea). The ecological risk for Cr indicates low ecological risk (93.9%) and some medium risk (6.1%). All Cd assessments indicate low ecological risk, while most Pb assessments indicate zero (33.3%) to low risk. The new ecological risk assessment method improves on assessments based on metal mobility or concentration alone.
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- Zhi B Lu
- a Department of Environmental Science and Engineering , Tongji University , Shanghai , China
- b State Key Laboratory on Pollution Control and Resource Reuse , Tongji University , Shanghai , China
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- a Department of Environmental Science and Engineering , Tongji University , Shanghai , China
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Pragst F, Stieglitz K, Runge H, Runow KD, Quig D, Osborne R, Runge C, Ariki J. High concentrations of lead and barium in hair of the rural population caused by water pollution in the Thar Jath oilfields in South Sudan. Forensic Sci Int 2016; 274:99-106. [PMID: 28069428 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Revised: 12/03/2016] [Accepted: 12/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In the oil fields of Thar Jath, South Sudan, increasing salinity of drinking water was observed together with human incompatibilities and rise in livestock mortalities. Hair analysis was used to characterize the toxic exposure of the population. Hair samples of volunteers from four communities with different distance from the center of the oil field (Koch 23km, n=24; Leer 50km, n=26; Nyal 110km, n=21; and Rumbek 220km, n=25) were analyzed for altogether 39 elements by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Very high concentrations and a toxic health endangerment were assessed for lead and barium. The concentration of lead increased steadily with decreasing distance from the oil field from Rumbek (mean 2.8μg/g) to Koch (mean 18.7μg/g) and was there in the same range as in highly contaminated mining regions in Kosovo, China or Bolivia. The weighting materials in drilling muds barite (BaSO4) and galena (PbS) were considered to be the sources of drinking water pollution and high hair values. The high concentrations of lead and barium in hair demonstrate clearly the health risk caused by harmful deposition of toxic industrial waste but cannot be used for diagnosis of a chronic intoxication of the individuals.
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- Fritz Pragst
- Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Charité, Turmstraße 21, Building N, 10559 Berlin, Germany.
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- Sign of Hope e.V., Schneckenburgstraße 11d, 78467 Konstanz, Germany.
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- African Water Ltd., Mariendorfer Straße 15e, 48155 Münster, Germany.
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- Institute of Functional and Environmental Medicine, Buttlarstraße 4a, 34466 Wolfhagen, Germany.
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- Doctors's Data, Inc., 3755 Illinois Avenue, St. Charles, IL 60174-2420, USA.
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- Sign of Hope e.V., P.O. Box 21335-00505, Nairobi, Kenya.
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- African Water Ltd., Mariendorfer Straße 15e, 48155 Münster, Germany.
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- Director Centre for Remote Sensing and GIS, University of Juba, P.O. Box 82, Juba, South Sudan.
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López-Duarte PC, Fodrie FJ, Jensen OP, Whitehead A, Galvez F, Dubansky B, Able KW. Is Exposure to Macondo Oil Reflected in the Otolith Chemistry of Marsh-Resident Fish? PLoS One 2016; 11:e0162699. [PMID: 27682216 PMCID: PMC5040417 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Genomic and physiological responses in Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis) in the northern Gulf of Mexico have confirmed oil exposure of resident marsh fish following the Macondo blowout in 2010. Using these same fish, we evaluated otolith microchemistry as a method for assessing oil exposure history. Laser-ablation inductively-coupled-plasma mass spectrometry was used to analyze the chemical composition of sagittal otoliths to assess whether a trace metal signature could be detected in the otoliths of F. grandis collected from a Macondo-oil impacted site in 2010, post-spill relative to pre-spill, as well as versus fish from areas not impacted by the spill. We found no evidence of increased concentrations of two elements associated with oil contamination (nickel and vanadium) in F. grandis otoliths regardless of Macondo oil exposure history. One potential explanation for this is that Macondo oil is relatively depleted of those metals compared to other crude oils globally. During and after the spill, however, elevated levels of barium, lead, and to a lesser degree, copper were detected in killifish otoliths at the oil-impacted collection site in coastal Louisiana. This may reflect oil contact or other environmental perturbations that occurred concomitant with oiling. For example, increases in barium in otoliths from oil-exposed fish followed (temporally) freshwater diversions in Louisiana in 2010. This implicates (but does not conclusively demonstrate) freshwater diversions from the Mississippi River (with previously recorded higher concentrations of lead and copper), designed to halt the ingress of oil, as a mechanism for elevated elemental uptake in otoliths of Louisiana marsh fishes. These results highlight the potentially complex and indirect effects of the Macondo oil spill and human responses to it on Gulf of Mexico ecosystems, and emphasize the need to consider the multiple stressors acting simultaneously on inshore fish communities.
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- Paola C. López-Duarte
- Rutgers University Marine Field Station, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Tuckerton, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Institute of Marine Sciences & Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Environmental Toxicology Department, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America
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- Rutgers University Marine Field Station, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Tuckerton, New Jersey, United States of America
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Xu H, Han S, Bi X, Zhao Z, Zhang L, Yang W, Zhang M, Chen J, Wu J, Zhang Y, Feng Y. Atmospheric metallic and arsenic pollution at an offshore drilling platform in the Bo Sea: A health risk assessment for the workers. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2016; 304:93-102. [PMID: 26547617 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.10.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Revised: 10/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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To investigate the ambient metal pollution at the offshore drilling platform in the Bo Sea, which few studies have focused on, PM2.5 samples were collected and ten heavy metals, as well as As, were analyzed. High concentration levels of metals were observed, and the heavy metal pollution was quite serious compared to air quality standards and other marine areas. Back trajectories and wind dependent and PCA analyses showed that the marine sources included ship traffic emissions and corrosive stainless steels from the equipment at the platform as well as industrial emissions from stainless steel production and coal combustion sources, which were transported from the surrounding mainland. Both contributed greatly to the ambient metallic particles at the offshore platform. The Hazard Index values of the metals, which were much less than 1, the Carcinogenic Risk data, which were lower than the EPA's acceptable range, and the fact that the metal concentrations did not the exceed the permissible exposure limits of OSHA, indicated that the health risks from the ambient metallic particles for the oil-drilling workers were not significant.
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- Hong Xu
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient Air Particulate Matter Pollution Prevention and Control, Joint Laboratory of Urban and Ambient Air Environment Study, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Research Institute of Meteorological Science, Tianjin 300074, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient Air Particulate Matter Pollution Prevention and Control, Joint Laboratory of Urban and Ambient Air Environment Study, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient Air Particulate Matter Pollution Prevention and Control, Joint Laboratory of Urban and Ambient Air Environment Study, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Research Institute of Meteorological Science, Tianjin 300074, China
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- Research Institute of Meteorological Science, Tianjin 300074, China
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- Research Institute of Meteorological Science, Tianjin 300074, China
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- Research Institute of Meteorological Science, Tianjin 300074, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient Air Particulate Matter Pollution Prevention and Control, Joint Laboratory of Urban and Ambient Air Environment Study, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient Air Particulate Matter Pollution Prevention and Control, Joint Laboratory of Urban and Ambient Air Environment Study, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient Air Particulate Matter Pollution Prevention and Control, Joint Laboratory of Urban and Ambient Air Environment Study, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Venkatesan MI, Naidu AS, Blanchard AL, Misra D, Kelley JJ. Historical changes in trace metals and hydrocarbons in nearshore sediments, Alaskan Beaufort Sea, prior and subsequent to petroleum-related industrial development: part II. Hydrocarbons. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2013; 77:147-164. [PMID: 24210222 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2013] [Revised: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 10/05/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Composition and concentration of hydrocarbons (normal and isoprenoid alkanes, triterpenoids, steranes, and PAHs) in nearshore surface sediments from Elson Lagoon (EL), Colville Delta-Prudhoe Bay (CDPB) and Beaufort Lagoon (BL), Alaskan Beaufort Sea, were assessed for spatio-temporal variability. Principal component analysis of the molecules/biomarkers concentrations delineated CDPB and BL samples into two groups, and cluster analysis identified three station groups in CDPB. Overall there was no geographic distribution pattern in the groups. The diversities between groups and individual samples are attributed to differences in n-alkanes and PAHs contents, which are influenced predominantly by sediment granulometry and sitespecific fluvial input. The predominant hydrocarbon source is biogenic, mainly terrigenous, with hardly any contribution from natural oil seeps, oil drill effluents and/or refined crude. The terrigenous source is corroborated by δ(13)C, δ(15)N, and OC/N of sediment organic matter. Time interval (1976-1977, 1984 and 1997) changes in hydrocarbon compositions and concentrations in CDPB are not significant.
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- M Indira Venkatesan
- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, 5863 Slichter Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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