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Contamination in sediments, bivalves and sponges of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Entry ID: ECA004

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Summary

Abstract: Data consist of environmental contamination deriving from the presence of scientific bases. Negri et al. (2006) examined the concentrations of total hydrocarbons (THC), PCBs, PAHs, in marine sediments off the Scott Base (NZ) and compared them with sediments near the highly polluted McMurdo Station (US) as well as less contaminated sites including Turtle Rock and Cape Evans. The THC concentration in sediments from Scott Base ranged from 3.0 to 134 μg g-1, 3 fold higher than the pristine site, Turtle Rock, but 10 fold lower than samples from McMurdo Station. The concentration of PAHs ranged from 0.1 to 2.1 μg g-1. PCB content varied between < 5 and 373 ng g.-1. The PCB concentrations for Turtle Rock were below the detection limit (<5 ng g-1).

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2001-11-01

Stop Date: 2002-03-30

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > ROSS SEA

Science Keywords

OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

Instrument

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS

ICP-AES > Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer

Ancillary Keywords

McMurdo Sound

Gas Cromatograph-Electron Capture Detection

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia

Data Center URL: http://www.aims.gov.au/index.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: ANDREW NEGRI Phone: +61 747 534 322 Fax: +61 747 725 852 Email: a.negri at aims.cov.au Contact Address: PMB No3 City: Townsville Postal Code: MC 4810 Country: Australia

Publications/References

Negri, A., Burns, K., Boyle, S., Brinkman, D., and Webster, N., 2006: Contamination in sediments, bivalves and sponges of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Environmental Pollution, 143, 456-467.

Negri, A. P., Hales, L. T., Battershill, C., Wolff, C., and Webster, N. S., 2004: TBT contamination identified in Antarctic marine sediments. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 48, 1142-1144.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2010-05-21

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-12-09

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