Partition of pentachlorophenol (PCP) into particulate and dissolved phases in the waters of the Vistula River mouth at the Gulf of Gdańsk
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22 cze 2016
O artykule
Kategoria artykułu: Original research paper
Data publikacji: 22 cze 2016
Zakres stron: 172 - 181
Otrzymano: 28 sie 2015
Przyjęty: 28 wrz 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2016-0016
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Spearman rank correlation test for verification of correlation between the particulate phase of PCP (PCPspm) and the mean water flow rate in the Vistula River in 2014
Unit | PCPspm (μg g-1 d.w.) | Water flow rate (Q) (m3 s-1) | |
---|---|---|---|
PCPspm | μg g-1 d.w. | 1.000000 | -0.616667 |
Water flow rate (Q) | m3 s-1 | -0.616667 | 1.000000 |
Environmental material collected and analyzed within the present study
Station | Water type | Year | Samples (N) | Analysis |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kiezmark |
riverine | 2002-2006 | 120 | SPM |
Kiezmark |
riverine | 2014 |
9 |
SPM, PCPspm |
Swibno |
estuarine | 2014 |
10 |
SPM, PCPspm |
Gdansk |
marine | 2014 |
10 |
SPM, PCPspm |
Sopot | 2014 | 10 | SPM, PCPspm | |
(the Gulf of Gdansk) | marine | (March-December) | 10 | PCPdiss |
Gdynia | 2014 | 10 | SPM, PCPspm | |
(the Gulf of Gdansk) | marine | (March-December) | 10 | PCPdiss |
Total | SPM= 170 |
Statistical parameters describing the data on PCP concentration (PCPdiss, PCPspm) in river, estuarine and sea water
Unit | N | Median | Minimum | Maximum | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RIVERINE | |||||
PCPdiss | ng dm-3 | 9 | 53.13 | 15.67 | 120.45 |
PCPspm | μg g-1 d.w. | 9 | 12.85 | 3.20 | 27.01 |
ESTUARINE | |||||
PCPdiss | ng dm-3 | 10 | 55.09 | 23.43 | 94.21 |
PCPspm | μg g-1dw. | 10 | 16.40 | 13.52 | 25.61 |
MARINE | |||||
PCPdiss | ng dm-3 | 30 | 28.98 | 12.85 | 62.36 |
PCPdiss | μg g-1dw. | 30 | 17.35 | 8.58 | 37.76 |
Calculated values of the dilution factor (DF) for PCP in the sampled surface waters with respect to the EC (2001) environmental quality standard (EQS) for the assessment of environmental risk
Water type | ΣPCPdiss /PCPspm | EQS value | DF |
---|---|---|---|
riverine | 336.69 | 100 | 3.37 |
marine | 237.46 | 100 | 2.37 |
Spearman rank correlation test for the assessment of selected parameters and their effect on the partition of PCP into dissolved and particulate phases (statistically significant p<0_05 marked in red)
Parameter | PCPdiss |
PCPspm (μg g-1 d.w.) | S |
pH |
---|---|---|---|---|
PCPdiss(ng dm-3) | 1.000000 | 0.127301 | -0.478481 | 0.575308 |
PCP |
0.127301 | 1.000000 | 0.185959 | 0.099283 |
S |
0.575308 | 0.185959 | 1.000000 | -0.492416 |
pH | -0.492416 | 0.099283 | 0.147645 | 1.000000 |