Bioconcentration of chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons in aquatic macrophytes
- Univ. of Windsor, Ontario (Canada)
This study reports the bioconcentration and the uptake and elimination kinetics of a series of nonreactive, hydrophobic organic substances in the submerged aquatic macrophyte Myriophyllum spicatum. The tested substances represent a wide range of aqueous solubilities and 1-octanol-water partition coefficients (K{sub OW}). The plant-water bioconcentration factor is shown to follow a linear relationship with the octanol-water partition coefficient for all chemicals, including the superhydrophobic chemicals with log K{sub OW} up to 8.3. The uptake and elimination rate constants tend to follow a biphasic relationship with K{sub OW}. A kinetic model is developed for organic chemical bioconcentration is submerged aquatic macrophyte species. This model is applied to the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair to illustrate the role of aquatic macrophytes in chemical dynamics in aquatic systems.
- OSTI ID:
- 5000166
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Science and Technology; (United States), Vol. 25:5; ISSN 0013-936X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
BIOCHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
BIOMASS
CLEARANCE
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
LIPIDS
LIQUID COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY
PLANTS
SILICON OXIDES
UPTAKE
AROMATICS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHROMATOGRAPHY
DISPERSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
KINETICS
MIXTURES
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
REACTION KINETICS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SOLUTIONS
540320* - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)