Mirror image between gas-particle partitioning and soil-moss distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the polar regions.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-15-2019
Publication Title
The Science of the Total Environment
Abstract
The concentrations and congener-specific profiles of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were investigated in the atmosphere, soil and moss samples were collected from Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard in the Arctic and King Georgia Island (KGI), Fildes Peninsula in Antarctica, respectively. The congener profiles of PBDEs were symmetrical between gas and moss, as well as between particles and soil at Ny-Ålesund and KGI, respectively, similar to a "mirror image". The proportions of highly brominated congeners (for example, BDE-99, -153 and -183) in the particle phase and soil were higher than those in the gas phase and moss, while tri- and tetra-BDEs possessed higher proportions in the gas phase and moss at both sites. The slopes of log-log linear correlations between the gas-particle partition coefficient (K
Volume
656
First Page
1199
Last Page
1206
Recommended Citation
Ma X, Wang Z, Yu L, Yao W, Xiao L, Yao Z, Na G, Wang YW, Jiang G. Mirror image between gas-particle partitioning and soil-moss distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the polar regions. Sci Total Environ. 2019 Mar 15;656:1199-1206. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.452. Epub 2018 Dec 2. PMID: 30625651.
DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.452
ISSN
1879-1026
PubMed ID
30625651