The fate of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in a marine food web influenced by land-based sources in the Norwegian Arctic
Although poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous in the Arctic, their sources and fate in Arctic marine environments remain unclear. Herein, abiotic media (water, snow, and sediment) and biotic media (plankton, benthic organisms, fish, crab, and glaucous gull) were sampled to...
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ftuniaarhuspubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/2c966e77-6b74-46d2-8573-387e10b7002f 2023-05-15T14:26:56+02:00 The fate of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in a marine food web influenced by land-based sources in the Norwegian Arctic Ali, Aasim M. Langberg, Håkon A. Hale, Sarah E. Kallenborn, Roland Hartz, William F. Mortensen, Åse Karen Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej McDonough, Carrie A. Jenssen, Bjørn Munro Breedveld, Gijs D. 2021-04 application/pdf https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/the-fate-of-poly-and-perfluoroalkyl-substances-in-a-marine-food-web-influenced-by-landbased-sources-in-the-norwegian-arctic(2c966e77-6b74-46d2-8573-387e10b7002f).html https://doi.org/10.1039/d0em00510j https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/273672169/d0em00510j.pdf http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104995996&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Ali , A M , Langberg , H A , Hale , S E , Kallenborn , R , Hartz , W F , Mortensen , Å K , Ciesielski , T M , McDonough , C A , Jenssen , B M & Breedveld , G D 2021 , ' The fate of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in a marine food web influenced by land-based sources in the Norwegian Arctic ' , Environmental Science Processes & Impacts , vol. 23 , no. 4 , pp. 588-604 . https://doi.org/10.1039/d0em00510j article 2021 ftuniaarhuspubl https://doi.org/10.1039/d0em00510j 2022-07-06T22:51:13Z Although poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous in the Arctic, their sources and fate in Arctic marine environments remain unclear. Herein, abiotic media (water, snow, and sediment) and biotic media (plankton, benthic organisms, fish, crab, and glaucous gull) were sampled to study PFAS uptake and fate in the marine food web of an Arctic Fjord in the vicinity of Longyearbyen (Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic). Samples were collected from locations impacted by a firefighting training site (FFTS) and a landfill as well as from a reference site. Mean ς14PFAS concentration in the landfill leachate was 643 ± 84 ng L-1, while it was 365 ± 8.0 ng L-1 in a freshwater pond and 57 ± 4.0 ng L-1 in a creek in the vicinity of the FFTS. These levels were an order of magnitude higher than in coastal seawater of the nearby fjord (maximum level ς14PFAS = 10.1 ± 1.2 ng L-1, at the FFTS impacted site). PFOS was the most predominant compound in all seawater samples and in freshly fallen snow (63-93% of ς14PFAS). In freshwater samples from the Longyear river and the reference site, PFCA ≤ C9 were the predominant PFAS (37-59%), indicating that both local point sources and diffuse sources contributed to the exposure of the marine food web in the fjord. ς14PFAS concentrations increased from zooplankton (1.1 ± 0.32 μg kg-1 ww) to polychaete (2.8 ± 0.80 μg kg-1 ww), crab (2.9 ± 0.70 μg kg-1 ww whole-body), fish liver (5.4 ± 0.87 μg kg-1 ww), and gull liver (62.2 ± 11.2 μg kg-1). PFAS profiles changed with increasing trophic level from a large contribution of 6:2 FTS, FOSA and long-chained PFCA in zooplankton and polychaetes to being dominated by linear PFOS in fish and gull liver. The PFOS isomer profile (branched versus linear) in the active FFTS and landfill was similar to historical ECF PFOS. A similar isomer profile was observed in seawater, indicating major contribution from local sources. However, a PFOS isomer profile enriched by the linear isomer was observed in other media (sediment and biota). Substitutes for ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Glaucous Gull Longyearbyen Svalbard Zooplankton Aarhus University: Research Arctic Longyearbyen Svalbard Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 23 4 588 604 |
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Although poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous in the Arctic, their sources and fate in Arctic marine environments remain unclear. Herein, abiotic media (water, snow, and sediment) and biotic media (plankton, benthic organisms, fish, crab, and glaucous gull) were sampled to study PFAS uptake and fate in the marine food web of an Arctic Fjord in the vicinity of Longyearbyen (Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic). Samples were collected from locations impacted by a firefighting training site (FFTS) and a landfill as well as from a reference site. Mean ς14PFAS concentration in the landfill leachate was 643 ± 84 ng L-1, while it was 365 ± 8.0 ng L-1 in a freshwater pond and 57 ± 4.0 ng L-1 in a creek in the vicinity of the FFTS. These levels were an order of magnitude higher than in coastal seawater of the nearby fjord (maximum level ς14PFAS = 10.1 ± 1.2 ng L-1, at the FFTS impacted site). PFOS was the most predominant compound in all seawater samples and in freshly fallen snow (63-93% of ς14PFAS). In freshwater samples from the Longyear river and the reference site, PFCA ≤ C9 were the predominant PFAS (37-59%), indicating that both local point sources and diffuse sources contributed to the exposure of the marine food web in the fjord. ς14PFAS concentrations increased from zooplankton (1.1 ± 0.32 μg kg-1 ww) to polychaete (2.8 ± 0.80 μg kg-1 ww), crab (2.9 ± 0.70 μg kg-1 ww whole-body), fish liver (5.4 ± 0.87 μg kg-1 ww), and gull liver (62.2 ± 11.2 μg kg-1). PFAS profiles changed with increasing trophic level from a large contribution of 6:2 FTS, FOSA and long-chained PFCA in zooplankton and polychaetes to being dominated by linear PFOS in fish and gull liver. The PFOS isomer profile (branched versus linear) in the active FFTS and landfill was similar to historical ECF PFOS. A similar isomer profile was observed in seawater, indicating major contribution from local sources. However, a PFOS isomer profile enriched by the linear isomer was observed in other media (sediment and biota). Substitutes for ... |
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Ali, Aasim M. Langberg, Håkon A. Hale, Sarah E. Kallenborn, Roland Hartz, William F. Mortensen, Åse Karen Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej McDonough, Carrie A. Jenssen, Bjørn Munro Breedveld, Gijs D. |
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Ali, Aasim M. Langberg, Håkon A. Hale, Sarah E. Kallenborn, Roland Hartz, William F. Mortensen, Åse Karen Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej McDonough, Carrie A. Jenssen, Bjørn Munro Breedveld, Gijs D. |
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The fate of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in a marine food web influenced by land-based sources in the Norwegian Arctic |
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The fate of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in a marine food web influenced by land-based sources in the Norwegian Arctic |
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The fate of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in a marine food web influenced by land-based sources in the Norwegian Arctic |
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The fate of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in a marine food web influenced by land-based sources in the Norwegian Arctic |
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The fate of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in a marine food web influenced by land-based sources in the Norwegian Arctic |
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fate of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in a marine food web influenced by land-based sources in the norwegian arctic |
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