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Air-water gas exchange of organochlorine compounds in Lake Baikal, Russia

Journal Article · · Environmental Science and Technology
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/es9509487· OSTI ID:420786
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  1. USDA, Beltsville, MD (United States)
  2. National Marine Fisheries Service, Charleston, SC (United States)
  3. Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)
  4. Limnological Inst., Irkutsk (Russian Federation)
  5. Inst. of Fisheries, Moscow (Russian Federation)

Air and surface water samples were collected at Lake Baikal, Russia, during June 1991 to determine concentrations of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners. These data were combined with Henry`s law constants to estimate the gas flux rate across the air-water interface of each compound class. Air samples were collected at Lake Baikal and from nearby Irkutsk. Water samples were collected from three mid-lake stations and at the mouth of two major tributaries. Average air concentrations of chlorinated bornanes (14 pg m{sup -3}), chlordanes (4.9 pg m{sup -3}), and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) (194 pg m{sup -3}) were similar to global backgound of Arctic levels. However, air concentrations of hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), DDTs, and PCBs were closer to those observed in the Great Lakes region. Significantly higher levels of these three compound classes in air over Irkutsk suggests that regional atmospheric transport and deposition may be an important source of these persistent compounds to Lake Baikal. Air-water gas exchange calculations resulted in net depositional flux values for {alpha}-HCH, {gamma}-HCH, DDTs, and chlorinated bornanes at 112, 23, 3.6, and 2.4 ng m{sup -2} d{sup -1}, respectively. The total net flux of 22 PCB congeners, chlordanes, and HCB was from water to air (volatilization) at 47, 1.8, and 32 ng m{sup -2} d{sup -1}, respectively. 50 refs., 7 figs., 5 tabs.

OSTI ID:
420786
Journal Information:
Environmental Science and Technology, Journal Name: Environmental Science and Technology Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 30; ISSN 0013-936X; ISSN ESTHAG
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English