Atmospheric Deposition Impact of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxin and Dibenzofuran on an Aquatic System in Central Taiwan

Shih-Tsung Tang; Yi Chang; Jinning Zhu; Sheng-Lun Lin

doi:10.4209/aaqr.2018.03.0100

Atmospheric Deposition Impact of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxin and Dibenzofuran on an Aquatic System in Central Taiwan

Shih-Tsung Tang¹, Yi Chang ¹, Jinning Zhu ², Sheng-Lun Lin³

¹Institute of Ocean Technology and Marine Affairs, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
²School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 246011, China
³Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung 83347, Taiwan

Received: March 18, 2018
Revised: March 23, 2018
Accepted: March 29, 2018
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Tang, S.T., Chang, Y., Zhu, J. and Lin, S.L. (2018). Atmospheric Deposition Impact of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxin and Dibenzofuran on an Aquatic System in Central Taiwan. Aerosol Air Qual. Res. 18: 981-993. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2018.03.0100

HIGHLIGHTS

PCDD/F contents in aquatic animal.
PCDD/F contents in sediment.
Deposition impact on aquatic system.

ABSTRACT

The content and congener profiles of 17 PCDD/Fs were measured in an aquatic system in central Taiwan that included both aquatic animals and sediment. The total averaged mass content of PCDD/Fs was 0.432, 0.671, 0.244 and 0.727 pg g^–1, and the corresponding total PCDD/Fs-WHO₂₀₀₅-TEQ were 0.070, 0.015, 0.024 and 0.018 pg WHO₂₀₀₅-TEQ g^–1 in O. mossambica, M. meretrix, L. calcarifer and O. gigas, respectively. The total PCDD/Fs in the sediment in the coastal area (72.63 ng kg^–1) was much higher than that in the fishponds (29.53 ng kg^–1), but the corresponding WHO₂₀₀₅-TEQ values in the coastal area (0.545 ng WHO₂₀₀₅-TEQ kg^–1) were lower than those in the fishponds (0.655 ng WHO₂₀₀₅-TEQ kg^–1). The mass PCDD/F congener profiles of the aquatic animals and sediment samples in the fishponds and coastal area were dominated by more highly chlorinated PCDD/F congeners such as OCDD and OCDF, while the WHO₂₀₀₅-TEQ PCDD/F congener profiles were dominated by the less-chlorinated PCDD/F congeners such as 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD and 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF. Over a time periods ranging from 30 and 60 years, the modeled PCDD/F contents in the sediment ranged between 9.27 and 18.53 ng WHO₂₀₀₅-TEQ kg^–1 in scenario A, and the PCDD/F contents ranged from 6.18–12.36 ng WHO₂₀₀₅-TEQ kg^–1 in scenario B. Compared with the observed average values of sediment in this study, the ratios of the modeled and observed values ranged from 9.4–34.0.