Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in water samples from POLARSTERN cruise PS114

• Main Authors: Joerss, Hanna, Xie, Zhiyong, Ebinghaus, Ralf
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2021
• Subjects: Event label; Station label; Sample code/label; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; DEPTH, water; DATE/TIME; Perfluorohexanoic acid; Perfluoroheptanoic acid; Perfluorooctanoic acid; Perfluorononanoic acid; Perfluorodecanoic acid; Perfluoroundecanoic acid; Perfluorododecanoic acid; Perfluorotridecanoic acid; Perfluorotetradecanoic acid; Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid; Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid; Perfluoroheptane sulfonic acid; Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid; Perfluorodecane sulfonic acid; Perfluoro-4-ethylcyclohexane sulfonic acid; 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-1,1,2,2,3,3,3,-heptafluoropropoxy-propanoic acid; Hexafluoropropylene oxide trimer acid; Hexafluoropropylene oxide tetramer acid; 2,2,3-trifluoro-3-[1,1,2,2,3,3-hexafluoro-3-trifluoromethoxypropoxy]propanoic acid; 9-chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanonane-1-sulfonic acid; 11-chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid; Bisperfluorohexylphosphinic acid; Perfluorohexylperfluorooctylphosphinic acid; Perfluorooctane sulfonamide; 42 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid; 62 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid; 82 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid; CTD/Rosette; Water sample; Solid-phase extraction SPE and cleanup, coupled liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry LC-MS/MS; PS114; Polarstern; Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Coastal Research HZG; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Fram Strait
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.929509; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.929509

Legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) were measured in water samples from the Polarstern expedition PS114 (ARK-XXXII/1), which took place from July 11th to August 3rd 2018. Using the ship's seawater intake system, surface water samples were collected along a latitudinal transect from the European continent to the Arctic (57°N to 79°N at ∼5°E) and a longitudinal and latitudinal transect within Fram Strait (9°E to 18°W at ∼79°N and 78°N to 80°N at ∼0°EW). Additionally, water was collected from different depths of the water column (5 to 3117 m) at seven stations in Fram Strait. Samples were prepared using solid-phase extraction (SPE) and analysed by liquid chromatography coupled to a triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometer (LC-MS/MS). More information can be found in Joerss et al. (2020). The aim of the study was to investigate occurrence, distribution, transport and sources of legacy and emerging PFAS in the Atlantic gateway to the Arctic Ocean.