Details of Oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mussels found on groynes and quaysides in Belgium. Single study

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Title of datasetOxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mussels found on groynes and quaysides in Belgium. Single study
Narrative summary of datasetAn analytical method was developed for the trace quantification of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (oxyPAHs) in mussels. Compounds included were naphthalene-1-ol, 9H-fluoren-9-one, anthracene-9,10-dione, 7H-benz[de]anthracene-7-one, naphtacene-5,12-dione and benzo[a]anthracene-7,12-dione. Pyrene-1-carboxaldehyde was applied as an internal standard. Sample extraction by pressurized liquid extraction was followed by clean up on silica, separation by high performance liquid chromatography and quantitative measurement by mass spectrometry with atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation. The method was validated by the analysis of spiked mussel samples, resulting in trueness values of 90-124% and measurement uncertainties of 6-49%, except for naphthalene-1-ol. Quantification limits varied from 0.25 ng.g-1 to 10.7 ng.g-1. The developed analytical oxyPAH method was applied on mussel samples from groynes and quaysides along the Belgian coastline and oxyPAH data were compared to PAH concentration data. The sum of 14 US EPA priority PAHs reached maxima at the eastern side of the Belgian coastal zone, with on average 202 ng.g-1 for quayside Zeebrugge and 38.4 ng.g-1 for groyne Knokke mussels. Anthracene-9,10-dione concentrations reached maxima of 19.1 ng.g-1 mussels at the most industrialized quayside of Zeebrugge. For other oxyPAHs, no clear relationship could be made with direct PAH emissions. Concentrations of anthracene-9,10-dione and 9H-fluoren-9-one were found to exceed corresponding parent PAH concentrations.
Start date2016-05-01
End date2017-05-01

Responsible organisations

CountryBelgium
Organisation nameInstitute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Animal Sciences Unit, Fisheries
Role of organisationOriginator of Dataset
CountryBelgium
Organisation nameRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Management Unit of North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Mathematical Models, Belgian Marine Data Centre
Role of organisationPublisher

Dataset availability

Original dataset download linkhttps://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/jgSAmc1QnsJoahB
Dataset formatDelimited
Public accessNo limitations
License for useCC-BY 4.0
TypeDataset

Locations

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Latitude north boundary51.401876282225
Longitude east boundary3.3239233015778
Latitude south boundary51.3223023165
Longitude west boundary3.1305639433416
Sea areaNorth Sea

Data types, collection and processing

Observation typeHydrocarbons
ParameterConcentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in biota
Platform typehuman

Process information

Submitting organisationRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Belgian Marine Data Centre
Submission identifier (UUID)eba35432-7774-4cf7-8ad9-45f173f71bcb
Date of dataset creation2018-02-03
Date of dataset revision2022-10-19
Date of metadata creation2022-10-19
Date of metadata latest revision2023-04-03
Date of publishing2023-04-04
Processing data centreRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Belgian Marine Data Centre
Summary record-ID1271