The Amazon River -a major source of organic plastic additives to the tropical North Atlantic?
International audience The release of emerging organic contaminants is identified among the most critical hazards to the marine environment, and plastic additives have received growing attention due to their worldwide distribution and potential deleterious effects. Here, we report dissolved surface...
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Plasticizers Marine pollution Tropical Atlantic Ocean Amazon River Organophosphate esters [SDE]Environmental Sciences Schmidt, Natascha Fauvelle, Vincent Ody, Anouck Castro-Jiménez, Javier Jouanno, Julien Changeux, T. Thibaut, Thierry Sempere, Richard The Amazon River -a major source of organic plastic additives to the tropical North Atlantic? |
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International audience The release of emerging organic contaminants is identified among the most critical hazards to the marine environment, and plastic additives have received growing attention due to their worldwide distribution and potential deleterious effects. Here, we report dissolved surface water concentrations of two important families of plastic additives (organophosphate esters (OPEs) and bisphenols) and other related organic compounds (perfluorinated chemicals) measured in the North Atlantic from Cape Verde to the West Indies. We found that OPEs were the most abundant contaminants, reaching remarkably high concentrations in open ocean waters (1200 km offshore of the American Coast, at the location of the Amazon river plume during the sampling period), with up to 1.3 μg L–1 (Σ9OPEs). A Lagrangian analysis confirmed that these high concentrations of contaminants originated from the Amazon River plume and were transported more than 3000 km by the North Brazil Current and its retroflection. We thus consider the Amazon River as a major source of organic contaminants of emerging concern to the tropical North Atlantic Ocean and suggest that medium-/long-range contaminant transport occurs, most certainly facilitated by the highly stratified conditions offered by the river plume. |
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Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie (MIO) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS) Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales Paris (CNES) Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Madrid (CSIC) Laboratoire d'études en Géophysique et océanographie spatiales (LEGOS) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) European Project: 1166-39417,FEDER European Project: 696324,H2020,H2020-BG-2015-1,CSA Oceans 2(2016) |
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The Amazon River -a major source of organic plastic additives to the tropical North Atlantic? |
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The Amazon River -a major source of organic plastic additives to the tropical North Atlantic? |
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-02161028v2 2023-05-15T17:28:42+02:00 The Amazon River -a major source of organic plastic additives to the tropical North Atlantic? Schmidt, Natascha Fauvelle, Vincent Ody, Anouck Castro-Jiménez, Javier Jouanno, Julien Changeux, T. Thibaut, Thierry Sempere, Richard Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie (MIO) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS) Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales Paris (CNES) Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Madrid (CSIC) Laboratoire d'études en Géophysique et océanographie spatiales (LEGOS) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) European Project: 1166-39417,FEDER European Project: 696324,H2020,H2020-BG-2015-1,CSA Oceans 2(2016) 2019-06-18 https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02161028 https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02161028v2/document https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02161028v2/file/Schmidt%20et%20al%202019-bearbeitet.pdf https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b01585 en eng HAL CCSD American Chemical Society info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b01585 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement//1166-39417/EU/Fonds Européen de Développement Régional /FEDER info:eu-repo/grantAgreement//696324/EU/Coordination action in support of the implementation of the Joint Programming Initiative on 'Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans'/CSA Oceans 2 hal-02161028 https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02161028 https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02161028v2/document https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02161028v2/file/Schmidt%20et%20al%202019-bearbeitet.pdf doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b01585 IRD: fdi:010076195 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0013-936X EISSN: 1520-5851 Environmental Science and Technology https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02161028 Environmental Science and Technology, 2019, 53 (13), pp.7513-7521. ⟨10.1021/acs.est.9b01585⟩ Plasticizers Marine pollution Tropical Atlantic Ocean Amazon River Organophosphate esters [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2019 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b01585 2023-03-08T05:25:05Z International audience The release of emerging organic contaminants is identified among the most critical hazards to the marine environment, and plastic additives have received growing attention due to their worldwide distribution and potential deleterious effects. Here, we report dissolved surface water concentrations of two important families of plastic additives (organophosphate esters (OPEs) and bisphenols) and other related organic compounds (perfluorinated chemicals) measured in the North Atlantic from Cape Verde to the West Indies. We found that OPEs were the most abundant contaminants, reaching remarkably high concentrations in open ocean waters (1200 km offshore of the American Coast, at the location of the Amazon river plume during the sampling period), with up to 1.3 μg L–1 (Σ9OPEs). A Lagrangian analysis confirmed that these high concentrations of contaminants originated from the Amazon River plume and were transported more than 3000 km by the North Brazil Current and its retroflection. We thus consider the Amazon River as a major source of organic contaminants of emerging concern to the tropical North Atlantic Ocean and suggest that medium-/long-range contaminant transport occurs, most certainly facilitated by the highly stratified conditions offered by the river plume. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Environmental Science & Technology 53 13 7513 7521 |