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Selective supercritical fluid extraction as a tool for determining the PCB fraction accessible for uptake by chironomid larve in a limnic sediment

Nilsson, Tobias LU orcid and Björklund, Erland LU (2005) In Chemosphere 60(1). p.141-146
Abstract
Selective supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) at 40 degrees C, 400 bar and 60 min was used to selectively remove bioavailable PCBs from a naturally contaminated limnic sediment. The extraction decreased the sediment concentrations of the nine studied PCBs by 54% (on average). Chironomid larvae were thereafter cultured in pre-extracted sediment as well as in untreated sediment to study the differences in uptake of PCBs in the two cultures. While the prevailing equilibrium partitioning (EqP) theory predicts a 54% decrease in PCB uptake by the_chironomids in the pre-extracted sediment, with a maintained biota-to-sediment accumulation factor (BSAF), a decrease in PCB uptake by 91% was observed. For all investigated PCBs the BSAFs were on... (More)
Selective supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) at 40 degrees C, 400 bar and 60 min was used to selectively remove bioavailable PCBs from a naturally contaminated limnic sediment. The extraction decreased the sediment concentrations of the nine studied PCBs by 54% (on average). Chironomid larvae were thereafter cultured in pre-extracted sediment as well as in untreated sediment to study the differences in uptake of PCBs in the two cultures. While the prevailing equilibrium partitioning (EqP) theory predicts a 54% decrease in PCB uptake by the_chironomids in the pre-extracted sediment, with a maintained biota-to-sediment accumulation factor (BSAF), a decrease in PCB uptake by 91% was observed. For all investigated PCBs the BSAFs were on average 81% lower in the cultures with pre-extracted sediment than in the untreated systems. The data allowed for a calculation of the bioavailable fraction, which was estimated to 60%. This is very close to the 54% removed by selective SFE, demonstrating the possibility of using SFE as a tool to determine the bioavailable PCB fraction in a polluted sediment. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (Less)
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10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.02.017
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  abstract     = {{Selective supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) at 40 degrees C, 400 bar and 60 min was used to selectively remove bioavailable PCBs from a naturally contaminated limnic sediment. The extraction decreased the sediment concentrations of the nine studied PCBs by 54% (on average). Chironomid larvae were thereafter cultured in pre-extracted sediment as well as in untreated sediment to study the differences in uptake of PCBs in the two cultures. While the prevailing equilibrium partitioning (EqP) theory predicts a 54% decrease in PCB uptake by the_chironomids in the pre-extracted sediment, with a maintained biota-to-sediment accumulation factor (BSAF), a decrease in PCB uptake by 91% was observed. For all investigated PCBs the BSAFs were on average 81% lower in the cultures with pre-extracted sediment than in the untreated systems. The data allowed for a calculation of the bioavailable fraction, which was estimated to 60%. This is very close to the 54% removed by selective SFE, demonstrating the possibility of using SFE as a tool to determine the bioavailable PCB fraction in a polluted sediment. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.}},
  author       = {{Nilsson, Tobias and Björklund, Erland}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{141--146}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Chemosphere}},
  title        = {{Selective supercritical fluid extraction as a tool for determining the PCB fraction accessible for uptake by chironomid larve in a limnic sediment}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.02.017}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.02.017}},
  volume       = {{60}},
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