Tetrabromobisphenol A and hexabromocyclododecane in sediments from the Zhujiang (Pearl) River Estuary and South China Sea

Chuyue Long; Weiyan Yang; Jiaxun Lu; Yuanyue Cheng; Ning Qiu; Sen Du; Li Zhang; Shejun Chen; Yuxin Sun

doi:10.1007/s13131-023-2267-6

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Chuyue Long, Weiyan Yang, Jiaxun Lu, Yuanyue Cheng, Ning Qiu, Sen Du, Li Zhang, Shejun Chen, Yuxin Sun. Tetrabromobisphenol A and hexabromocyclododecane in sediments from the Zhujiang (Pearl) River Estuary and South China Sea[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, 43(6): 32-37. doi: 10.1007/s13131-023-2267-6

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Chuyue Long, Weiyan Yang, Jiaxun Lu, Yuanyue Cheng, Ning Qiu, Sen Du, Li Zhang, Shejun Chen, Yuxin Sun. Tetrabromobisphenol A and hexabromocyclododecane in sediments from the Zhujiang (Pearl) River Estuary and South China Sea[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, 43(6): 32-37. doi: 10.1007/s13131-023-2267-6

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Chuyue Long, Weiyan Yang, Jiaxun Lu, Yuanyue Cheng, Ning Qiu, Sen Du, Li Zhang, Shejun Chen, Yuxin Sun. Tetrabromobisphenol A and hexabromocyclododecane in sediments from the Zhujiang (Pearl) River Estuary and South China Sea[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, 43(6): 32-37. doi: 10.1007/s13131-023-2267-6

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Tetrabromobisphenol A and hexabromocyclododecane in sediments from the Zhujiang (Pearl) River Estuary and South China Sea

doi: 10.1007/s13131-023-2267-6

Chuyue Long^{1, 2, 4},
Weiyan Yang³,
Jiaxun Lu^{2, 4},
Yuanyue Cheng²,
Ning Qiu^{2, 5},
Sen Du²,
Li Zhang²,
Shejun Chen¹,
Yuxin Sun^{1
,
,}

1.
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution and Environmental Safety/Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environmental of Ministry of Education, School of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
2.
South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
3.
Research Center of Harmful Algae and Marine Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
4.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
5.
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Guangzhou 511458, China

Funds: The Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation under contract Nos 2021B1515020040 and 2021A1515011526; the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 42277246 and U2244221; the Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. 422CXTD533; the Key Special Project for Introduced Talents Team of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) under contract No. 2019BT02H594.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: sunyuxin@m.scnu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2023-04-18
Accepted Date: 2023-09-11

Available Online: 2023-10-19

Publish Date: 2024-06-30

Abstract

Abstract

Marine sediments collected from the Zhujiang (Pearl) River Estuary (ZRE) and South China Sea (SCS) were utilized to study the occurrence and spatial distribution of tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD). The levels of TBBPA and HBCDD in sediments ranged from not detected (nd) to 6.14 ng/g dry weight (dw) and nd to 0.42 ng/g dw. TBBPA concentrations in marine sediments were substantially higher than HBCDD. The concentrations of TBBPA and HBCDD in the ZRE sediments were significantly greater than those in the SCS. α-HBCDD (48.7%) and γ-HBCDD (46.2%) were the two main diastereoisomers of HBCDD in sediments from the ZRE, with minor contribution of β-HBCDD (5.1%). HBCDD were only found in one sample from the northern SCS. The enantiomeric fraction of α-HBCDD in sediments from the ZRE was obviously greater than 0.5, indicating an accumulation of (+)-α-HBCDD. The enantiomers of HBCDD were not measured in sediments from the SCS. This work highlighted the environmental behaviors of TBBPA and HBCDD in marine sediments.
- tetrabromobisphenol A,
- hexabromocyclododecane,
- marine sediments,
- Zhujiang River Estuary,
- South China Sea

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