A SPME-based passive sampler for improving sediment ...

A SPME-based passive sampler for improving sediment quality assessment of hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOCs)

K. Maruya, D. Tsukada, W. Lao , D. Greenstein, S. BaySouthern California Coastal Water Research Project

Costa Mesa, CA USA

Z. Yang, E. ZengGuangzhou Institute of Geochemistry

Guangzhou, China

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log Pb

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LOE"

%MORTALITYBRI

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log ΣHPAH

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LOE"

%MortalityBRI

Statewide (CA) Condition

Likely Impacted

17%

ClearlyImpacted

3%Unimpacted

10%Likely Unimpacted

7%

Possibly Impacted63%

Inconclusive0.3%

Koc = Cs,oc/Cw

TISSUE(LIPID)

AQUEOUS(POREWATER)

BCF = Cb/CwBSAF = Cb/Cs

KdocSOLID(SEDIMENT)

O

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Koc ( ~ Kow) >> 103 ---> Cw << 1 mg/L

Can we quantify the bioavailable fraction of HOCs (at ultratrace levels)?

Housing:

11 x 1 cm o.d. (1 mm) Cu tube

Interior “cavity” volume: 4.9 cm3

GF/F (0.7 μm eff pore dia.)

270 mesh 316 stainless screen

SPME Fiber:

Length: 1 cm

PDMS coating:

7, 30 or 100 μm

Reusable

Reinjectable

Comm avail.

(Supelco)

Model HOCsCsat log K ow log K f, 7 log K f, 100 K f,7 / K f,100 MDL100

(μg/L) (ng/L)PHEN 1200 4.46 4.32 3.90 2.6 2.1FLUA 260 5.16 4.69 4.26 2.7 1.5BAP 1.5 6.13 6.06 5.82 1.7 0.16PCB-52 15 5.84 5.66 5.52 1.4 0.04PCB-153 0.95 6.92 6.68 6.45 1.7 0.02PCB-180 0.37 7.36 6.76 6.54 1.7 0.02HEPT EPOX 280 4.98 4.64 4.48 1.4 1.3α -CHL 56 6.22 5.59 5.37 1.7 0.18t -NON 32 6.35 5.94 5.68 1.8 0.09p,p'-DDE 1.3 6.96 6.27 6.17 1.3 0.02p,p'-DDD 160 6.22 6.04 6.11 0.9 0.02p,p'-DDT 3.1 6.91 5.83 5.76 1.2 0.13

PCB 52

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25PCB 52

Time series (teq)

estuarine sediment

12 HOCs,~300 ng/g

small samplers (n=3)

100 um PDMS fibers

t = 14, 30, 60 & 110 d

PCB 153


Nf (

ng)

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2.0PCB 153

Extraction time (days)0 20 40 60 80 100 120N

f (ng

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0.6PCB 180

SPME CONCENTRATION (ng/L)

100 um1e-3 1e-2 1e-1 1e+0 1e+1 1e+2 1e+3 1e+4 1e+5

7 um

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PAHsPCBsCHLsDDTs1:1

28-d “bioaccumulation test”

• field-collected, spiked & aged estuarine sediments– 70% fines; ~1% TOC– 5 treatments + unspiked

control (18 tanks)

• Macoma nasuta & Nereis virens– 5 ea per tank

• SPME samplers– 7 and 100 um PDMS fibers– 1 ea per tank

• Static renewal (50% every 3d)

• Compare Cb, Cpw,tot and Cpw, spmedetermined by GC-MS

Survival of Macoma nasuta & Nereis virensSpiked sediment experiment (2A)

% SurvivalTreatment

Worms Clams Control sediment 100 93

50 ppb mixed organic sediment 100 100100 ppb mixed organic sediment 100 100

500 ppb mixed organic sediment 93 100



MATRIX MDL (ppb)

BLANK SUR REC (%)

RANGE (ppb)

sediment ~1 < 0.55 77 + 13 <1 – 3820

SPME-7 0.028-0.004 <0.0004 n/a <0.004 – 32.5SPME-100 0.0021-

0.00002<0.00002 n/a <0.00002-

26.3LLE ~0.01 <0.01 73 + 8.6 <0.01-4.6

Macoma sp. ~5 < 6.7 90 + 21 <5 – 26500

Nereis sp. ~5 < 6.7 81 + 14 <5 – 34100

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Cong R 2 x b log K oc

52 0.98 1.17 1.38 5.42 153 0.95 1.25 3.71 5.38 180 0.90 1.36 4.09 5.68

PCB 153/180 PCB 52

LLE (ng/L)

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p,p'-DDD p,p-DDE p,p'-DDT

log SPME = -1.740 + (1.320 * logLLE)n = 29, R = 0.895, p<0.001

Macoma nasuta

Field-collected sediments for 28 day SPME-bioaccumulation experimentLocation TOC BC DOC %MORT ΣPAH ΣPCB ΣDDT ΣCHL

(%) (%) (mg/L) ng/g dw ng/g dw ng/g dw ng/g dw

Dominguez Channel 4.9 0.48 5.5 92 6860 nd 126 31Dominguez Channel 3.1 0.74 5.5 54 3800 nd 73 8San Diego Bay 1.6 0.37 3.3 40 17800 1071 nd ndSan Diego Bay 1.8 0.36 2.2 21 24500 363 nd ndLA/LB Harbor 1.0 0.19 3.0 15 1230 4 54 ndSan Pedro Shelf 0.2 0.03 5.9 na na na na na

Next steps…….

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SPME fiber assy

(100 μm PDMS)Housing

(Cu)

GFF “wrap”

=??

LOE Responses (% Area)LOE Responses (% Area)

442924AffectedSouth

468662AffectedSFB

72051AffectedNorth

ChemistryToxicityBenthosResponseRegion

Affected: Moderate or High response

28d Water Quality

Temperature for Experiment MNO4Macoma nasuta and Nereis virens

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Salinity for Experiment MNO4Macoma nausta and Nereis virens

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pH for Experiment MNO4Macoma nasuta and Nereis virens

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Un-ionized Ammonia for Experiment MNO4Macoma nausta and Neries virens

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ia (m

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Timepoint vs Control Timepoint vs 50ppb Timepoint vs 100ppb Timepoint vs 500ppb Timepoint vs 1000ppb Timepoint vs 5000ppb

Fluoranthrene and pyrene-d10


Nf (

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Cf = (ksCw/kd)[1 – exp(- kdt)]?

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PHEN-7PHEN-100PCB52-7PCB52-100

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