Amel Jebara, Ambrogina Albergamo, Rossana Rando, Angela Giorgia Potortì, Vincenzo Lo Turco, Hedi Ben Mansour, Giuseppa Di Bella
Marine pollution bulletin 2021 FebSeawater, sediment, seagrass and fish from several sites along the Tunisian coast were monitored for several phthalate esters (PAEs) and non-phthalate plasticizers (NPPs) during 2018-2019. In water and sediment, NPPs were higher than PAEs, being di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP, 0.0717 and 4.59 μg/g), and di(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate (DEHT, 0.634 and 2.42 μg/g) most abundant. As expected, sediments acted as a sink for plasticizers, thus revealing a stronger contamination than water. Seagrass was less contaminated than fish, being DEHP (0.726 and 1.77 μg/g) and DEHT (9.19 and 23.2 μg/g) predominant. Biota poorly concentrated/accumulated plasticizers from water and sediment depending on the logKoct/wat and water solubility of single congeners. The spatial distribution of plasticizers was affected by the proximity to anthropogenic sources and the rate of coastal currents; whereas their seasonal variation may be related to the length of time of touristic/industrial inputs and factors such as rainfall and urban stormwater runoff. Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Amel Jebara, Ambrogina Albergamo, Rossana Rando, Angela Giorgia Potortì, Vincenzo Lo Turco, Hedi Ben Mansour, Giuseppa Di Bella. Phthalates and non-phthalate plasticizers in Tunisian marine samples: Occurrence, spatial distribution and seasonal variation. Marine pollution bulletin. 2021 Feb;163:111967
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