Natural Biofilms in Freshwater Ecosystem: Indicators of the Presence of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Hydrophobic organic compounds are common in the environment, especially in water bodies like rivers and lakes. Generally, due to their physico-chemical characteristics, mainly to hydrophobicity, these compounds are adsorbed by suspended material or other compartments which provide compatibility. Thus, compounds such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are rapidly adsorbed onto suspended material or even naturally occurring biofilms in water bodies. Biofilms can be defined as complex structures with cells and aggregates of cells. The extracellular polymers present empty spaces that can be filled by water. The biofilm is a sessile microbial community with several kinds of organisms such as bacteria, protozoa, fungi, algae, and extracellular polymeric substances, which may be found on almost any surface exposed to water. Here, biofilms were used to monitor the presence of PAHs in the Barigui River in Curitiba, Brazil. For the measurements and collection of representative microcoenoses, a biofilm sampling device was designed consisting of six glass plates installed in an open polyvinyl chloride pipe of 30?cm diameter and 60?cm length. The sampling device was exposed in the Barigui River for 2?weeks campaigns. The formed biofilm was treated and chemical analysis was performed for PAHs determination. The results showed that biofilms can trap most of the PAHs, especially those with high K _ow values (octanol?Cwater partition coefficient). Four campaigns were conducted. The total PAHs concentration ranged from 11,204.34?±?560.12 to 45,846.90?±?2,290.45?ng/g. According to the isomers ratio, the main source of PAHs in the first and second campaign was of pyrolytic origin, in other words, the PAHs were by-products from burning of light-refined oil products (gasoline and diesel oil). Meanwhile, the other campaigns revealed that the main source is of petrogenic origin. However, the possibility of both sources is not discarded considering the scenario studied and the records of sediments samples. Most of the investigations carried out focused on the loading of river sediments and suspended solids, but the biofilms might detect the amount that could be taken up by benthic organisms, for instance.     

活性炭对土壤中多环芳烃生物有效性的影响

多环芳烃(PAHs)是土壤中污染较为严重的一类持久性有机污染物，对农产品安全和人体健康构成严重威胁。本研究在某场地采集不同土层土壤，通过室内培养实验，研究添加5%活性炭对土壤中PAHs残留的影响，并利用羟丙基-β-环糊精提取方法评价土壤中PAHs生物有效性的动态变化，以期为治理石油泄露等突发性环境污染事件造成的土壤PAHs污染提供修复技术参考。结果表明，在8个月内，添加活性炭组土壤中菲、芘的残留量显著高于对照组，苯并[b]荧蒽的残留量显著低于对照组，苯并[ghi]芘残留量在两处理组之间无显著差异。在第1个月时，活性炭组土壤中菲、芘、苯并[b]荧蒽生物有效性较对照组分别降低了35.06%、37.73%、39.60%，苯并[ghi]芘生物有效性仅降低了1.37%。随着时间延长活性炭对土壤中PAHs生物有效性的阻控效果呈减弱趋势。因此，土壤添加5%活性炭能够有效降低PAHs生物有效性，减少其环境风险，并且在添加活性炭1个月内阻控效果最佳。     

Desorption Behaviour of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Harbour Sludge from the Port of Rotterdam,The Netherlands

Desorption of eight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) fromtwo harbour sludges from the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands,was studied by column elution experiments. When water moves in a sludge layer desorbing contaminants like PAH can be dispersedin the environment. Separation of liquid and solid phase inbatches of sludge, stored for more than three years, by ultra-centrifugation at 4 °C yielded equilibrium partition coefficients. Temperature effects could not account for the observed differences with reported literature values. The differences are attributed to the contact time of PAH in thesediment. Laboratory data reported in the literature were oftenobtained after short contact times and therefore may not represent equilibrium partitioning. Our values represent contacttimes in excess of three years and are therefore more representative for the field conditions. Partition coefficientsobtained from column elution experiments were slightly above those obtained from the batch experiments. During column elutionof the sludge from the Beneden Merwede sorption equilibriumwas absent for the lighter compounds. This is attributed to the presence of a large portion of immobile water in the columns. Elution in the Beerkanaal columns occurred at near sorption equilibrium although pore water velocities were higher. Assumingthat desorption is diffusion controlled, observed desorption inboth materials could be explained. The non-equilibrium desorptionin the Beneden Merwede sludge for phenanthrene, and to alesser extent for anthracene and fluoranthene, could be describedby a diffusion limited model assuming spherical particles.     

Particle-associated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Atmosphere of Hong Kong

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in total suspended particulates (TSP) collected at six rural and urban stations in Hong Kong from 1993–1995 using high volume air samplers were identified using GC-MS (gas chromatography-mass spectrometry). The results showed that the PAHs exhibited distinct spatial and seasonal variability. The total PAH content (ΣPAH) in the samples ranged from 0.41 to 48 ng m^-3. The unsubstituted analogs are the characteristic products of high temperature combustion processes. The highest average ΣPAH was measured at the street-level station in Mong Kok indicating that vehicles were high PAHs contributors. The rural station at Hok Tsui exhibited the lowest PAH level, however; influences of city plumes could be seen when northerly or northeasterly winds prevailed in the winter. All stations experienced the highest loading of PAHs in autumn and the lowest in summer; the former was 2.8 times greater than the latter. This seasonal variability is due to the Asian monsoon system, precipitation, micrometeorology, and the rate of photodegradation. In summer, Hong Kong experiences relatively clean oceanic air and high rates of precipitation and photodegradation, while upon the onset of the winter monsoon, local air mass is replaced by polluted air streams from the Asian continent. Benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, benzo(e)pyrene, indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene and benzo(ghi)perylene were the dominant species in the samples. The PAH distribution patterns at different stations were similar within each season. However, seasonal variations existed. For example, phenanthrene contributed up to 14% of the total PAH in summer, while the dominance of benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene was more significant in autumn and winter.     

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Peat Mounds of the Permafrost Zone

Eurasian Soil Science - The accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the profiles of permafrost-affected peat mounds is related to certain groups of plant residues produced in the...     

土壤环境中多环芳烃的微生物降解及联合生物修复

研究土壤环境中持久性有机污染物的生物降解及其生物修复技术是当今国际环境修复科学技术前沿领域的重要课题。本文重点论述了土壤环境中持久性有机污染物多环芳烃的微生物降解机理及其在生物修复中的应用等,并结合当前研究进展,展望了基于多种修复措施相结合的多环芳烃污染土壤联合生物修复工程技术的开发与应用前景。     

土壤中多环芳烃和氨基甲酸酯等农药分析

应用超高效液相色谱和质谱串联技术对吉林省中部地区土壤中多环芳烃及氨基甲酸酯农药类成分进行含量测定分析。以超声波提取作为提取方法,以在线固相萃取作为纯化方法,以超高效色谱-三重四级杆质谱作为分析方法,共分离检测出12个多环芳烃类化合物,分别为:萘、苊、苊烯、氟、菲、蒽、芘、苯并[a]蒽、屈、苯并[a]芘、二苯并[a,h]蒽和茚并[1,2,3-cd]芘。11个氨基甲酸酯及其它类农药,分别为:灭多威,多菌灵,甲萘威,克百威,啶虫脒,涕灭威亚砜,涕灭威砜,苯醚甲环唑,阿维菌素,灭幼脲和氟虫腈。利用超声波提取和在线固相萃取法可以有效地提取纯化土壤中多环芳烃和氨基甲酸酯类农药。超高效液相色谱和质谱联用技术可以有效地分析食品中多环芳烃和有机氯农药类成分。     

Characterization of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Created in Lubricating Oils

Used lubricating oils are majorsources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) inmarine environments. This study presents an improvedmethod for characterization PAHs in used lubricatingoils. Recoveries of sixteen certified PAHs spikedinto used lubricating oil indicated this method wasmore precise and efficient than those reportedpreviously. Aromatic and aliphatic compounds in usedlubricating oil were extracted by dimethylsulfoxide,then separated by a silica gel column using hexane anddichloromethane as solvents. Finally, gaschromatography-mass spectrometry was used inqualitative and quantitative analysis of various PAHsin oil samples. Sixteen certified PAHs andeighty-three other PAHs were identified and quantified usingPAH standards and previously reported retentionindices as references. The improved method was usedto determine PAH profiles in lubricating oil samplescollected from a gasoline-driven automobile aftervarious driving distances. One hundred and eightyaromatic compounds, including ninety-nine PAHs, wereidentified by the gas chromatographic method. Theseresults suggested that the new method was superior tomethods described in previous studies. Theconcentrations of PAHs, including the comparativelytoxic 5-ring PAHs, increased rapidly even after theautomobile had only been driven for a short distance. 2- and 3-ring PAHs, most of them are alkylated,dominated the PAH profiles of the collected oil samples.     

土壤有机和无机组分对多环芳烃环境行为影响的研究进展

土壤中多环芳烃(PAHs)的环境行为取决于它们与土壤不同组分之间的相互作用。本文综述了土壤有机质、黏土矿物以及有机矿质复合体对PAHs土壤环境行为影响的研究进展,期望从土壤基本组成和性质上对PAHs的土壤环境行为有一个本质的了解。     

土壤中多环芳烃的分布特征及其来源分析

利用气相色谱法分析了南充市10个不同功能区表层土壤中美国环保署规定的16种优控多环芳烃（PAHs）的含量和组分特征,运用同分异构体比率揭示了其污染来源。研究表明,该区土壤中PAHs的含量在9.1～2269.1μg·kg-1之间,而且工业区的残留量大于农业区和居民区的残留量。按PAHs的环数来分,在工业污染区PAHs的含量总的趋势是四环〉二环〉三环〉五环〉六环;农业和居民区二环〉三环〉五环〉四环〉六环。该污染状况与国内外相关研究比较,处于中等污染水平。煤、木材和化石的燃烧是该地区土壤中PAHs污染的主要来源,苯并（a）蒽和菲是主要的超标化合物。     

Participation of Plants in the Formation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Peatlands

Eurasian Soil Science - The composition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in vegetation of natural hummocky peatlands in the forest-tundra subzone of the Komi Republic and its possible...     

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soils from European High Mountain Areas

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were analyzed in 70 soils distributed in mountain areas such as Montseny (300?C1,700 m), Pyrenees (1,500?C2,900 m), Alps (1,100?C2,500 m), and Tatras (1,400?C1,960 m). Average total PAH concentrations, excluding retene and perylene, were about 400 ng/g in the Pyrenees and 1,300?C1,600 ng/g in the other mountain ranges. No correlations between PAH concentrations and total organic carbon were observed. Retene was the major PAH in the Pyrenean soils of lower altitude. No altitudinal dependence was found between soil PAH concentrations and elevation for the whole dataset. However, in the Tatra soils a statistically significant correlation with altitude was observed involving higher concentrations at higher altitude. This correlation was due to the statistically significant altitudinal dependence of the more volatile PAHs. Another observed altitudinal trend concerned the benz[a]anthracene/(benz[a]anthracene + chrysene + triphenylene) and the benzo[a]pyrene/(benzo[a]pyrene + benzo[e]pyrene) ratios that exhibited a decrease in the more chemically labile compounds, benz[a]anthracene and benzo[a]pyrene, respectively, in the soils located at higher altitude. This observation is consistent with the expected higher photooxidation at higher mountain altitude.     

Particle Phase Concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Atmospheric Environment of Jinámar,Gran Canaria

Airborne concentrations of 8 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): fluoranthene, Flt, Pyrene, Pyr, benzo(a)anthracene, BaA, chrysene, Chr, benzo(b)fluoranthene + benzo(k)fluoranthene,B(b + k)F, benzo(a)pyrene, BaP and benzo(g,h,i)perylene, B(ghi)P,were measured in Jinámar, a small town on the island of Gran Canaria (Spain) during a 12 month period (January 1995–December 1995). Concentrations ranged between 0.613 ng m^-3 for B(ghi)P and 0.040 and 0.046 ng m^-3 for pyrene and chrysene. Except for BaA all PAHs occurred at lower concentrations at temperatures below 20 °C. Relative humidity seems to influence concentrations of pyrene, chrysene, benzo(b + k)fluoranthene and benzo(a)pyrene, also affecting the latter ina different way to the other three hydrocarbons cited.     

城市土壤多环芳烃污染研究进展

针对城市土壤特性,对土壤中多环芳烃(polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,PAHs)污染方面的研究进行了分析与综述,归纳总结了城市土壤PAHs的含量、分布、来源、影响因子及污染评价。结果表明城市土壤PAHs含量在地区、时间上存在较大差异,其来源主要是人为源,同时还受到气候、土壤理化性质、土壤微生物作用及地表植物种类的影响,目前许多城市土壤PAHs存在一定程度的污染,需要尽快建立PAHs数据库,为城市土壤PAHs的污染预警及防治提供数据支持。     

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soils of Anthracite Deposit Dumps in Siberia

Eurasian Soil Science - The contents of 19 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been studied in soils (Spolic Technosols) and parent rocks of dumps at the Gorlovskoe anthracite...     

Isolation and Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Surface Runoff and Sediments

The distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) was investigated in surface runoff and sediments of Lagos, Osogbo and Ile-Ife Western areas of Nigeria. Method for the analysis of PAHs was based on Liquid-Liquid extraction of the runoff and a soxhlet extraction of the sediments followed by a clean up adsorption procedure. The PAHs were separated and quantified by Gas Chromatography-Mass spectrometry (GC-MS) technique. A blank experiment was done using triply distilled water and following the same procedure for the samples to establish blank levels. In both street runoff and sediments 13 PAHs were identified and quantified. At Osogbo and Ile-Ife areas, the mean levels of PAHs in surface runoff ranged between 0.10–15.81 mg L^-1 while in the Lagos area the levels were between 0.1–73.72 mg L^-1. Generally, the PAH levels in surface runoff of Lagos constitute 53.03 mg L^-1 average ∑ PAH detected in the study area compared to 31.96 mg L^-1 average ∑ PAH contribution made by samples from Osogbo and Ile-Ife. The levels of PAHs in sediments are relatively higher compared to those of the street runoff in the study area. PAHs in sediment of Lagos contribute an average of 228.57 mg kg^-1 ∑ PAH to the total sediment PAH burden compared to Osogbo and Ile-Ife areas that contribute only 91.13 mg kg^-1 average ∑ PAH to the total PAH burden of the study area. The relatively higher average ∑ PAHs reported for Lagos area compared with those of Osogbo and Ile-Ife, is consistent with higher industrial activities and traffic density of the former (1000–10000 vehicles/hr) than the later (450–1500 vehicles/hr).     

乌鲁木齐市周边地区土壤中多环芳烃的含量及来源

在乌鲁木齐市周边,从乌拉泊到水西沟按不同距离与深度进行土壤样品采集,采用索氏提取法与层析净化法进行预处理,高效液相色谱法测定土壤中16种多环芳烃(PAHs)的含量,并对PAHs进行对比分析、污染评价和来源分析的相关研究。结果表明:总PAHs平均浓度为998.23(306.94~3 652.16)ng/g,污染程度差异不大,处中度污染水平但更接近严重污染水平;16种PAHs的最低检测限为0.20~0.80 ng/g;一些采样点的表层土壤中苯并[a]芘的含量高于土壤质量控制标准。不同层次土壤PAHs的污染程度有所不同,其顺序为表层中层下层;高分子量(4~6环)PAHs占据了总含量的84.1%,低分子量(2~3环)PAHs占据15.9%,得出在乌鲁木齐市周边土壤中PAHs的重要来源是汽车排放,同时煤燃烧排放的贡献也很大。     

Effect of Composting on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Removal in Sewage Sludge

Changes in the concentrations of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) identified by the US Environmental Protection Agency as priority pollutants were investigated during the composting process of sewage sludge mixed with rapeseed marc (9:1, weight base). Results showed that total PAHs concentrations of the sludge sampled in different seasons had far exceeded the accepted Europe Union cut-off limits for land application. Phenanthrene, fluorene and dibenz(a, h) anthracene were dominant PAHs in the sludge, accounting for 62.8~69.6% of the total amount of the 16 PAHs. Composting appeared to be an effective method for the removal of PAHs in sewage sludge. After 50 days of composting, a significant reduction of concentration of the total PAHs was detected as compared with the initial concentration in composting material. The significant relationship between the biodegradation of organic matter and the losses of Σ16 PAHs during composting indicated that microbial degradation was the key process responsible for the efficient removal of PAHs from the sludge. Among all tested PAHs, fluorene was the most recalcitrant and became the primary residual PAH in the composted material. The lower removal rate of fluorene during composting was a limiting factor for the potential land application of the sludge. Further studies are needed to enhance the removal of fluorene in order to achieve a safe utilization of this sludge.     

Phytoremediation of Alkylated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in a Crude Oil-Contaminated Soil

Phytoremediation uses plants and their associated microorganisms in conjunction with agronomic techniques to remove or degrade environmental contaminants. The objective of the field study was to evaluate the effect of vegetation establishment plus fertilizer addition on the biodegradation of alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a crude oil-contaminated soil. Four replications of the following treatments were used: non-vegetated non-fertilized control; fescue (Lolium arundinaceum Schreb.) ? ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.) mixture + fertilizer; or bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.) ? fescue mixture + fertilizer. Vegetation was successfully established at the site that had an initial total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) concentration of 9,175 mg/kg. While alkylated two-ring naphthalenes were degraded in all treatments equally, there was greater degradation of the larger three-ring alkylated phenanthrenes-anthracenes and dibenzothiophenes in the vegetated fertilized plots compared to the non-vegetated non-fertilized plots. In this field study, an increase in rhizosphere soil volume associated with increased root length along with nutrient additions resulted in increased total bacterial, fungal, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) degrader numbers that most likely resulted in increased biodegradation of the more recalcitrant alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds in the crude oil-contaminated soil.     

土壤样品中多环芳烃分析方法研究进展

概述了国内外土壤样品中多环芳烃(PAHs)测定方法的研究状况,其中提取方法包括加速溶剂萃取方法、固相微萃取方法、超临界流体萃取方法、亚临界水萃取方法和流化床提取方法等,测定方法有HPLC法、GC法和免疫分析法等。重点介绍了PAHs的提取过程,同时总结了各种方法的优缺点。