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Characteristics, source, and potential ecological risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Songhua River Basin, Northeast China TEXT SIZE: A A A
The concentration characteristics, sources, and potential ecological risk assessment of 16 PAHs were investigated in the surface water from the Songhua River Basin, Northeast China. A total of 48 river water samples, including 16 from the main streams and 32 from the tributaries, were collected. Samples were separated into dissolved phases and suspended particle matter (SPM) via filtration with 0.47 mu m glass fiber filters. Each phase was analyzed for PAHs. The total PAH concentration in the dissolved phase in the water ranged from 32.5 to 108 ng L-1 and from 0.3 to 62.3 mu g g(-1) (dry weight) in the suspended particle matter (SPM). The total PAH concentration in the main stream was lower than in the tributaries; the volume of annual runoff of rivers had a significant effect on the PAH in the rivers. The 2- and 3-ring PAHs dominated in both the dissolved phase and SPM, indicating a relatively recent local source of PAHs in the study area. The concentrations of PAHs in the Songhua River Basin are lower when compared with the values previously reported in the literature from other rivers around the world. The sources of PAHs were assessed by diagnostic ratios and principal component analysis (PCA), and the ecological risk of the PAHs was assessed based on the risk quotient (RQ). The diagnostic ratios and PCA indicated that the main sources of PAHs originated from pyrogenic and petrogenic sources, and pyrogenic sources had a greater impact. The ecological risk assessment indicated that the PAHs presented low ecosystem risk in the Songhua River Basin.
 

Publication name

 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH, 24 (20):17090-17102; 10.1007/s11356-017-9057-7 JUL 2017

Author(s)

 Hu, Jian; Liu, Congqiang; Guo, Qingjun; Yang, Junxin; Okoli, Chukwunonso Peter; Lang, Yunchao; Zhao, Zhiqi; Li, Siliang; Liu, Baojian; Song, Guangwei

Corresponding author(s) 

 LIU Congqiang
 liucongqiang@vip.skleg.cn  
 - Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geochem, State Key Lab Environm Geochem, Guiyang 550081, Peoples R China 
 - Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Environm Remediat, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, 11A Datun Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China

 GUO Qingjun
 guoqj@igsnrr.ac.cn
 - Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Environm Remediat, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, 11A Datun Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
 - Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Resources & Environm, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China

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