Assessment and investigation on the fate of organochlorine pesticides in water and sediments of international Amir-kalaye wetland in north of Iran

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2012 Jun;88(6):850-7. doi: 10.1007/s00128-012-0557-3. Epub 2012 Feb 19.

Abstract

A total of 48 water samples and 24 sediment samples were collected at four sampling stations along the wetland during four seasons from 2009 to 2010 and analyzed by gas chromatograph-electron capture detector (GC-ECD). In water the total concentration of OCPs was 0.33, 0.01, 0.1 and 0.07 mg/L in summer, autumn, winter and spring, respectively. The most frequent OCP compounds detected were endrin and chlordane (0.08 and 0.07 mg/L), heaxachlorobenzene and chlordane (0.06, 0.02 mg/L), and chlordane (0.07 mg/L) in summer, winter and spring, respectively. The maximum concentration of ΣOCPs was found in samples collected from station 1 in summer (0.26 mg/L). In sediments the total concentrations of OCPs were 15.84 and 2.62 mg/g-dry weight (dw) in summer and winter, respectively. Chlordane was the most frequently found OCP compound, followed by lindane, 9.92 and 2.47 mg/g-dry weight (dw), respectively, in summer. While, lindane (2.52 mg/g-dw) and endosulfan I (0.1 mg/g-dw) were the highest OCP compounds detected in winter. The results obtained in this study show that there still exist a variety of organochlorine pesticide residues in the water and sediments from the Amir-kalaye wetland in Iran.

MeSH terms

  • Environmental Monitoring*
  • Fresh Water / chemistry
  • Geologic Sediments / chemistry
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / analysis*
  • Iran
  • Models, Chemical
  • Pesticides / analysis*
  • Water Pollution, Chemical / statistics & numerical data
  • Wetlands*

Substances

  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
  • Pesticides