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  • Title: Investigating Dechlorane Plus (DP) distribution and isomer specific adsorption behavior in size fractionated marine sediments.
    Author: Fang M, Kim JC, Chang YS.
    Journal: Sci Total Environ; 2014 May 15; 481():114-20. PubMed ID: 24594740.
    Abstract:
    In this study, Dechlorane Plus (DP) concentrations were analyzed in marine sediments (depth: ~10 cm) from two Korean industrial bays. Two sediments were fractionated into 5 sizes by using gravitational split-flow thin fractionation technique and DP distribution was investigated in different particle size fractions. Elevated DP levels in surface sediments were observed at the site closest to land and industrial area. The highest concentrations of DP were detected in the finest grain-size (<10 μm, 451.2 and 149.9 pg/g dry weight for the two bays). The fraction of anti-DP to the total DP (fanti) in the two fractionated samples increased with reduced grain-size and significantly correlated with organic carbon content (OC), which can be caused by preferential adsorption of anti-DP or higher biodegradation rates of syn-DP in the fine particles. To provide insight into such mechanism, simulated experiments were conducted using activated charcarbon (ACC) to adsorb DP dissolved in methanol and molecular descriptors of both isomers were estimated using Gaussian 03. The adsorption results revealed that syn-DP was preferentially adsorbed by ACC, suggesting syn-DP is more hydrophobic than anti-DP. The preferential adsorption of syn-DP by ACC also supported the hypothesis that the enrichment of anti-DP was more likely due to preferential biodegradation of syn-DP in the sediment. Molecular characterization of anti-DP and syn-DP showed that syn-DP had a higher dipole moment, slightly larger Van der Waals volume, but smaller maximal diameter, which might explain its higher uptake rate in biota.
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