Retrospective biomonitoring of chemical contamination in the marine coastal environment of Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica) by environmental specimen banking
Antarctica offers a good opportunity to investigate planetary-scale pollution and climate change, and provides baseline values for contaminants such as Trace Elements (TEs) and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Literature data on contaminant levels in the Antarctic environment indicate that long...
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ftuniveneziairis:oai:iris.unive.it:10278/3681356 2024-04-14T08:03:55+00:00 Retrospective biomonitoring of chemical contamination in the marine coastal environment of Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica) by environmental specimen banking Grotti, Marco PIZZINI, Sarah Abelmoschi, Maria Luisa COZZI, Giulio PIAZZA, Rossano Soggia, Francesco Grotti, Marco Pizzini, Sarah Abelmoschi, Maria Luisa Cozzi, Giulio Piazza, Rossano Soggia, Francesco 2016 ELETTRONICO https://hdl.handle.net/10278/3681356 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.09.049 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653516312395 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/27668719 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000386402200049 volume:165 firstpage:418 lastpage:426 numberofpages:9 journal:CHEMOSPHERE https://hdl.handle.net/10278/3681356 doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.09.049 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84988651962 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653516312395 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Antarctica Biomonitoring Antarctic Environmental Specimen Bank Persistent organic pollutants Trace elements Settore CHIM/01 - Chimica Analitica Settore CHIM/12 - Chimica dell'Ambiente e dei Beni Culturali Settore CHIM/06 - Chimica Organica Settore CHIM/03 - Chimica Generale e Inorganica info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2016 ftuniveneziairis https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.09.049 2024-03-21T18:11:36Z Antarctica offers a good opportunity to investigate planetary-scale pollution and climate change, and provides baseline values for contaminants such as Trace Elements (TEs) and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Literature data on contaminant levels in the Antarctic environment indicate that long-range atmospheric transport is the primary pathway by which pollutants from surrounding continents are carried to this pristine environment. However, local contamination sources represented by the scientific stations are also not negligible. Climate change and global warming are altering the global budget of anthropogenic contaminants and their monitoring in Antarctica ecosystems is very important to protect the global environment.In this work, eighty specimens of Adamussium colbecki (Smith, 1902), a benthic Antarctic scallop, collected from 1996 to 2009 and stored in the Antarctic Environmental Specimen Bank, were analyzed to quantify TEs and POPs, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Metals concentrations were not affected by anthropogenic contributions, highlighting a natural accumulation with the age of the organism. Similarly, no temporal trend was found for PCNs, PCBs and PAHs. However, specimens collected during the summer 1997-98 showed enhanced concentration levels of PCBs and PAHs that could refer to a local anthropogenic source of contamination. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ross Sea Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia: ARCA (Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca) Antarctic The Antarctic Ross Sea Terra Nova Bay Chemosphere 165 418 426 |
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Antarctica Biomonitoring Antarctic Environmental Specimen Bank Persistent organic pollutants Trace elements Settore CHIM/01 - Chimica Analitica Settore CHIM/12 - Chimica dell'Ambiente e dei Beni Culturali Settore CHIM/06 - Chimica Organica Settore CHIM/03 - Chimica Generale e Inorganica |
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Antarctica Biomonitoring Antarctic Environmental Specimen Bank Persistent organic pollutants Trace elements Settore CHIM/01 - Chimica Analitica Settore CHIM/12 - Chimica dell'Ambiente e dei Beni Culturali Settore CHIM/06 - Chimica Organica Settore CHIM/03 - Chimica Generale e Inorganica Grotti, Marco PIZZINI, Sarah Abelmoschi, Maria Luisa COZZI, Giulio PIAZZA, Rossano Soggia, Francesco Retrospective biomonitoring of chemical contamination in the marine coastal environment of Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica) by environmental specimen banking |
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Antarctica Biomonitoring Antarctic Environmental Specimen Bank Persistent organic pollutants Trace elements Settore CHIM/01 - Chimica Analitica Settore CHIM/12 - Chimica dell'Ambiente e dei Beni Culturali Settore CHIM/06 - Chimica Organica Settore CHIM/03 - Chimica Generale e Inorganica |
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Antarctica offers a good opportunity to investigate planetary-scale pollution and climate change, and provides baseline values for contaminants such as Trace Elements (TEs) and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Literature data on contaminant levels in the Antarctic environment indicate that long-range atmospheric transport is the primary pathway by which pollutants from surrounding continents are carried to this pristine environment. However, local contamination sources represented by the scientific stations are also not negligible. Climate change and global warming are altering the global budget of anthropogenic contaminants and their monitoring in Antarctica ecosystems is very important to protect the global environment.In this work, eighty specimens of Adamussium colbecki (Smith, 1902), a benthic Antarctic scallop, collected from 1996 to 2009 and stored in the Antarctic Environmental Specimen Bank, were analyzed to quantify TEs and POPs, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Metals concentrations were not affected by anthropogenic contributions, highlighting a natural accumulation with the age of the organism. Similarly, no temporal trend was found for PCNs, PCBs and PAHs. However, specimens collected during the summer 1997-98 showed enhanced concentration levels of PCBs and PAHs that could refer to a local anthropogenic source of contamination. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Grotti, Marco Pizzini, Sarah Abelmoschi, Maria Luisa Cozzi, Giulio Piazza, Rossano Soggia, Francesco |
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Grotti, Marco PIZZINI, Sarah Abelmoschi, Maria Luisa COZZI, Giulio PIAZZA, Rossano Soggia, Francesco |
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Retrospective biomonitoring of chemical contamination in the marine coastal environment of Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica) by environmental specimen banking |
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Retrospective biomonitoring of chemical contamination in the marine coastal environment of Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica) by environmental specimen banking |
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Retrospective biomonitoring of chemical contamination in the marine coastal environment of Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica) by environmental specimen banking |
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Retrospective biomonitoring of chemical contamination in the marine coastal environment of Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica) by environmental specimen banking |
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Retrospective biomonitoring of chemical contamination in the marine coastal environment of Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica) by environmental specimen banking |
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retrospective biomonitoring of chemical contamination in the marine coastal environment of terra nova bay (ross sea, antarctica) by environmental specimen banking |
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