LEVELS OF ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES AND PCB CONGENERS IN THE GULF-OF-ELEFSIS

Authors
PANAGIOTOPOULOU VY TSIPI D HISKIA A SCOULLOS M
Citation
Vy. Panagiotopoulou et al., LEVELS OF ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES AND PCB CONGENERS IN THE GULF-OF-ELEFSIS, Fresenius environmental bulletin, 5(9-10), 1996, pp. 545-550
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Fresenius environmental bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
10184619
Volume
5
Issue
9-10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
545 - 550
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-4619(1996)5:9-10<545:LOOPAP>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The aim of the present study is the determination of 16 organochlorine pesticides and 7 PCB congeners in water, suspended solids and sedimen ts, taken from five sites of the gulf of Elefsis during 1992 The resul ts of this survey show the real tendency of organochlorine compounds t o accumulate more in suspended solids and sediments than in the dissol ved water phase following their hydrophobic nature. Discrepancies from the general rule could account on the existence of colloidal co-deter mined with the dissolved phase of the water samples.