Environmental monitoring of alcohol sulfates and alcohol ethoxysulfates in marine sediments
2014
Fernández-Ramos, Carolina | Ballesteros, Oscar | Zafra-Gómez, Alberto | Camino-Sánchez, Francisco Javier | Blanc, Rosario | Navalón, Alberto | Vílchez, José Luís
The study describes the environmental monitoring of anionic surfactants―alcohol sulfates (AS) and alcohol ethoxysulfates (AES)—in marine sediments. Concentration values were obtained after pressurised liquid extraction (PLE) and liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry analysis (LC–MS/MS). Samples were collected from a range of wastewater discharge points along the coast of the provinces of Huelva, Málaga, Granada and Almería. Urban, agricultural and industrial wastewaters are discharged at the selected 38 sampling sites. Principal component analysis was carried out in order to evaluate the distribution and behaviour of these compounds in these coastal environments. Evaluation of the data revealed that the behaviour and sources of AS and AES in marine sediments are different, and that the distribution of AES depends on the length of the alkyl chain, while the number of ethoxylated units is not relevant. Additionally, the 38 sampling sites can be grouped into only two types of outfalls according to their AS distribution. The concentration of compounds in sediment samples ranged from 7.52 to 13.50 mg kg⁻¹for AS, from 3.04 to 10.68 mg kg⁻¹for AES–C₁₂Eₓand from 3.83 to 11.56 mg kg⁻¹for AES–C₁₄Eₓ.
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