Methodological approach for metal pollution evaluation in sediments collected from the Taranto Gulf

The concentrations of Hg, Cd, Pb, Cu, Ni, V, and Sn were determined in marine sediments collected from Taranto Gulf (Ionian Sea, Southern Italy). The aim of this article is to study the methodological approach in order to evaluate total metal levels determined in marine sediments of a contaminated area (Taranto Gulf, Southern Italy), to identify contaminated areas and to predict adverse biological effects based on Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQGs). The results are discussed in relation to geological characteristics of sediments in order to define background levels and anthropogenic input. Experimental results were elaborated by multivariate statistical techniques and Geographical Information System (GIS) software. The geoaccumulation index I _geo and two sets of SQGs (in particular (a) the threshold effect level (TEL), the probable effect level (PEL) and (b) the effect range-low (ERL) and the effect range median (ERM)) have been used for environmental evaluation of metal concentrations. Results show that in Taranto coastal area, Mar Piccolo basin represents the most contaminated area. A comparison with results from other Mediterranean areas demonstrates that for some metals (such as Cd, Pb, and Hg) Taranto seas represent one of the most polluted areas in the Mediterranean Sea. A comparison of metal levels with SQGs also suggests an ecotoxicological risk for benthic organisms mainly in the first inlet of Mar Piccolo.     

杏子河沉积物中石油污染物释放实验研究

以延安市安塞县境内杏子河中游主河道水体沉积物为研究对象,研究石油类污染物对上覆水体的二次污染规律。研究表明,在实验条件下,沉积物中石油污染物达到释放平衡的时间为16~18 d,上覆水体二次污染的质量浓度分别达到2.8 mg/L和3.5 mg/L;通过释放前后沉积物的石油含量对比发现,沉积物表层10 cm厚度对水体的污染贡献最大,是造成水体二次污染的主要源头。根据沉积物组分分析,杏子河沉积物中共检测出11种烷烃,7种多环芳烃。通过释放前后峰面积比较发现,碳原子数在12和17之间的烷烃容易进入水体,成为杏子河石油污染物的主要组成部分。另外,杏子河多环芳烃污染的主要组份是苊、芴、异丙基萘、菲、蒽、苯并[a]芘。     

上海市滨岸带沉积物中酸挥发性硫化物垂直分布及空间变化特征

对上海市滨岸带(北起浏河口,南至杭州湾的金丝娘桥)18个柱状沉积物中酸挥发性硫化物(AVS)质量分数及其垂直分布特征进行了研究. 结果表明:沉积物中w(AVS)为0.38～317.60 mg/kg,底层沉积物中w(AVS)平均值最高,是表层和中层的2倍左右. 各采样点沉积物中底层w(AVS)空间变化差异最大,表层w(AVS)变化较小. 人类活动干扰(滨岸带围垦、工业排污和生活排污和畜禽养殖等)显著改变了潮滩原有的自然环境特征〔w(有机碳)、含水率、粒度组成以及氧化还原电位等〕,可能成为控制上海市滨岸带沉积物中w(AVS)空间变化差异的决定性因素.      

长江口沉积物中SVOCs的空间分布趋势

采用GC-MS法对2005年9月8—15日采集于长江口区域的沉积物中的半挥发性有机物(SVOCs)进行测定,并对其组成和空间分布趋势进行了分析. 结果表明,该区域沉积物中共检出半挥发性有机物44种,包括多环芳烃类化合物14种,酯类化合物6种,酚类化合物10种,取代苯类化合物5种,醚类化合物4种,其他类化合物5种. 长江口南支沉积物中w(SVOCs)普遍高于北支入口和徐六泾,南支附近城市排放的工业废水和生活污水可能是该区域半挥发性有机物的主要来源. 沉积物中多环芳烃类化合物(PAHs)的风险评估显示,除C采样点苊存在一定的生态风险外,长江口其他区域PAHs的潜在生态风险很小.      

Modelling of the relationship moisture content to nutrient transformation rate in river sediments

The modelling of the transformation processes in the river sediments is an important and still not investigated problem that is a key for water quality. The relation between nutrients transformation rate and moisture in sediments was investigated by means of analogous modelling. The mathematical dependences of the connection were derived, and only two of them were linear—at the early stage of COD (organic) change and at the late stage of transformation of phosphates that metabolically connected the biodegradation of organics with oxidative phosphorylation. The rest mathematical dependences were the polynomials of third order. This study confirmed that the leading factors which influence the transformation rate of nutrients are the sediment surface, particular organic matter and porosity of the medium, as well as the concentration on the sediment surface of micro-organisms, enzymes, co-metabolites, etc. The presented data from ecological modelling of the transformation processes in the parafluvial sediments showed how can the hydrological models be enlarged and enriched in their application to the key and critical (risk) fluctuations in the river functioning. The mathematical dependences and coefficients were extracted in our complex study to be included in HSPF model as an enlarged module. As far as the investigated transformation processes in the parafluvial have more universal significance, the results can be applied in the other models, bounded river water and sediment quality.     

羟基磷灰石对沉积物中重金属释放特性的影响

以羟基磷灰石掺杂前后模拟重金属污染沉积物为研究对象,利用混匀释放实验及化学连续萃取法分析沉积物中重金属的释放特征及形态分布特性,考察了羟基磷灰石对重会属污染沉积物中Cu、zn、Pb、Cd稳定性的影响.结果表明不同来源模拟污染沉积物中松花江沉积物中的重金属最易重新释放,而伊通河沉积物中的重金属释放量最小;同时伊通河沉积物中残渣态重金属的比例较其它沉积物高很多,而可交换态和碳酸盐结合态的重金属比例较其它沉积物低很多,说明同时进入沉积物中的重金属,伊通河沉积物中的重金属相对稳定一些.羟基磷灰石的掺杂不同程度降低了沉积物中重金属的释放能力,促使沉积物中的重金属由较不稳定结合态向较稳定结合态转化,减小了沉积物中重金属的生物可利用性,增强了重金属的稳定性.     

东江表层沉积物中的有机磷系阻燃剂

采用索氏抽提,HLB固相萃取柱分离净化和气相色谱质谱联用仪(GC-MS-EI/SIM)的分析方法对采自东江的17个沉积物中的8种有机磷系阻燃剂(OPFRs)的浓度及分布进行研究.结果表明,所有样品中均检测到了OPFRs,其总浓度为1.52~86.17ng/g.三(1-氯-2-丙基)磷酸酯(TCPP)为最主要污染物,最高浓度达51.64ng/g,其后为三苯基磷酸酯(TPP)、三(2-氯乙基)磷酸酯(TCEP)、三(1,3-二氯异丙基)磷酸酯(TDCP),最高浓度分别为22.03,9.51,6.09ng/g,而其他烷基类OPFRs除三乙基磷酸酯(TEP)外未被检出.OPFRs总浓度和与总有机碳(TOC)存在极显著的相关性(r=0.74,P＜0.001),说明沉积物中TOC的含量对有机氯代磷系阻燃剂的分布起重要作用.尽管东江沉积物中的OPFRs含量(均值25.43ng/g)远低于多溴联苯醚(PBDEs)含量(均值588ng/g),但随着PBDEs的全球禁用,相关有机磷系阻燃剂的污染态势需要引起更多关注.     

滴水湖水系中氮的污染特征及其影响因子

为探讨滴水湖水系各形态氮的污染特征、不同水体间的各形态氮对比特征、滴水湖水体各形态氮与环境因子的关系, 2013年春季,在上海市最大人工湖水系采集表层水样品28个、沉积物样品22个,测定各形态氮及总氮含量,并通过模拟实验着重探讨滴水湖水体盐度对沉积物向上覆水体释放NH3-N、NO3--N的影响.结果显示,滴水湖水体各氮污染水平较高,表层水体氮的空间差异性相对沉积物中氮的差异性较小.滴水湖水体无机氮以NO3--N为主,沉积物中氮以有机氮为主.周围水系含氮量较高,其中引入水源氮是滴水湖水体中氮的主要来源之一.盐度模拟实验显示,随着上覆水体盐度的增大,底泥中NO3--N的释放量会增加并趋于平衡,NH3-N的释放量则有降低并趋于稳定的趋势.     

An assessment of contamination and ecological risk of metals in sediments of the Guaracara,Caparo and Couva rivers in Trinidad,West Indies

The presence of metals in an aquatic environment can serve as a biomarker for pollution and can be used to evaluate its contamination status. Rapid industrialisation in recent decades has propelled Trinidad and Tobago to be one of the most developed nations within the Caribbean region and has stimulated the awareness of potential ecological risks from various industrial activities affecting the rivers of Trinidad. Sediment samples from three rivers along the West coast of Trinidad were analysed for Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn. For all three rivers, the metal concentrations in sediments were in the range of 0.40–2.31?μg/g, 12.77–33.04?μg/g, 14.51–72.89?μg/g, 224.90–4472.83?μg/g, 8.20–43.08?μg/g, 22.63–38.34?μg/g and 92.0–5462.60?μg/g for Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn, respectively. Assessment of the pollution status indicated that all three rivers were considered polluted, with significant contributions from Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni and Zn. The potential ecological risk for all three rivers, however, was low and multivariate statistics revealed that mainly anthropogenic sources contributed to the metal concentrations in sediments of all three rivers.     

太原小店污灌区土壤壬基酚的分布特征

本研究以内分泌干扰物壬基酚(NP)为例,研究了太原小店污灌区土壤NP的污染浓度水平及空间分布特征.结果表明,NP在研究区污灌土壤中普遍存在,含量高低顺序为:污灌区>过渡区>清灌区;总体上离灌渠越远,土壤中NP含量越低;NP含量与土壤有机质(TOC)呈正相关,与土壤pH值呈负相关;在垂直钻孔沉积物中,随土壤深度增加,NP含量逐渐减小,但在一定深度会出现NP的富集层,富集层深度受土壤理化性质的影响,间接反映了该区域的污灌历史及NP的下渗迁移能力.