Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in water and sediment from Volturno River, Southern Italy: occurrence, distribution and risk assessment

Montuori, Paolo; De Rosa, Elvira; Sarnacchiaro, Pasquale; Di Duca, Fabiana; Provvisiero, Donatella Paola; Nardone, Antonio; Triassi, Maria

doi:10.1186/s12302-020-00408-4

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 3 Description of the sampling sites and concentration of OCPs in the water dissolved phase (DP), the suspended particulate matter (SPM) and the sediments of the Volturno River, Southern Italy

From: Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in water and sediment from Volturno River, Southern Italy: occurrence, distribution and risk assessment

Sampling Location			ΣOCPs
Site number identification	Site characteristics	Site Location	Dissolved Phase (ng L⁻¹)				Particulate Phase (ng L⁻¹) (ng g⁻¹ dry wt)				Sediments (ng g⁻¹ dry wt)
Site number identification	Site characteristics	Site Location	Apr	Jul	Nov	Feb	Apr	Jul	Nov	Feb	Apr
1 (river water)	Volturno River Source	40°48′54.03′′N 14°36′45.36′′E	4.25	6.98	3.75	1.95	2.11 (259.7)	1.68 (172.6)	4.05 (357.3)	5.67 (287.6)	9.89
2 (sea water)	River Mouth at 500mt North	40°46′42.73′′N 14°34′00.48′′E	1.57	1.98	2.12	1.10	0.55 (60.2)	0.57 (307.7)	1.53 (49.5)	1.80 (15.3)	3.50
3 (sea water)	River Mouth at 500mt Central	40°46′00.34′′N 14°33′10.68′′E	0.95	1.55	1.96	0.88	0.93 (236.4)	0.41 (144.9)	0.85 (273.8)	0.65 (219.8)	1.35
4 (sea water)	River Mouth at 500mt South	40°43′42.62′′N 14°28′07.89′′E	1.64	2.47	2.25	1.90	1.51 (148.7)	0.73 (686.6)	1.67 (48.4)	2.35 (22.0)	4.32
5 (sea water)	River Mouth at 1000mt North	40°43′40.11′′N 14°28′06.45′′E	0.97	1.08	1.96	0.99	0.48 (64.5)	0.55 (38.5)	0.98 (74.6	0.99 (9.82)	1.41
6 (sea water)	River Mouth at 1000mt Central	40°43′42.46′′N 14°28′05.03′′E	0.87	1.22	1.23	0.51	0.68 (238.0)	0.10 (34.3)	0.77 (268.5)	0.50 (165.2)	1.15
7 (sea water)	River Mouth at 1000mt South	40°43′45.09′′N 14°28′05.17′′E	1.02	1.99	0.66	1.16	1.00 (115.2)	0.29 (20.3)	0.75 (37.5)	0.98 (8.21)	2.13
8 (sea water)	River Mouth at 1500mt North	40°43′35.68′′N 14°28′02.94′′E	0.60	0.95	0.91	0.73	0.43 (43.3)	0.35 (21.3)	0.73 (255.5)	0.57 (181.9)	1.26
9 (sea water)	River Mouth at 1500mt Central	40°43′42.25′′N 14°27′59.97′′E	0.61	0.93	0.88	0.45	0.40 (131.5)	0.08 (29.1)	0.44 (159.7)	0.48 (165.5)	0.52
10 (sea water)	River Mouth at 1500mt South	40°43′49.26′′N 14°27′59.82′′E	0.92	1.10	0.52	0.80	0.58 (207.0)	0.10 (8.95)	0.57 (14.9)	0.66 (233.2)	1.37

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