Altitude profiles of total chlorinated paraffins in humus and spruce needles from the Alps (MONARPOP)
2009
Iozza, Saverio | Schmid, Peter | Oehme, Michael | Bassan, Rodolfo | Belis, Claudio | Jakobi, Gert | Kirchner, Manfred | Schramm, Karl-Werner | Kräuchi, Norbert | Moche, Wolfgang | Offenthaler, Ivo | Weiss, Peter | Simoncic, Primoz | Knoth, Wilhelm
Chlorinated paraffins (CPs) are toxic, bioaccumulative, persistent, and ubiquitously present in the environment. CPs were analyzed in humus and needle samples, which were taken within the Monitoring Network in the Alpine Region for Persistent and other Organic Pollutants (MONARPOP) at sampling sites of 7 different altitude profiles in the Alps. Gas chromatography combined with electron ionization tandem mass spectrometry (EI-MS/MS) was used for the determination of total CPs (sum of short, medium and long chain CPs). CPs were found in all samples; the concentrations varied between 7 and 199 ng g−1 dry weight (dw) and within 26 and 460 ng g−1 dw in humus and needle samples, respectively. A clear vertical tendency within the individual altitude profiles could not be ascertained. Within all altitude profiles, elevated concentrations were observed in humus samples taken between 700 and 900 m and between 1300 and 1500 m. In the needle samples no similar correlation could be observed due to higher variation of the data. For the first time, CP levels of humus and spruce needle samples from the Alps (MONARPOP) were presented including the evaluation of altitude profiles.
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