Concentrations and classification of HCHs and DDTs in soil from the lower reaches of the Jiulong River, China

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Concentrations and classification of HCHs and DDTs in soil from the lower reaches of the Jiulong River, China

Jiaquan ZHANG^1,2, Shihua QI¹(

), Xinli XING¹, Lingzhi TAN¹, Wei CHEN¹, Ying HU¹, Dan YANG¹, Chenxi WU¹

1. State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, and School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; 2. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huangshi Institute of Technology, Huangshi 435003, China

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Abstract

Soil is an important source to other environmental media and organisms for organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) bioaccumulation. Twenty-four representative surface soil samples were collected from the lower reaches of the Jiulong River, China, in 2009. The concentrations of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (HCHs) ranged from 0.38 to 39.52 ng·g^-1, with a mean value of 9.51 ng·g^-1. The concentrations of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs) and their metabolites were within the ranges of 0.94–700.99 ng·g^-1, with a mean value of 71.17 ng·g^-1. The concentrations of HCHs and DDTs in the soil were lower than the first grade level (50 ng·g^-1) of the Chinese Environmental Quality Standard (GB15618-1995). Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) and Pearson’s bivariate Correlations Analysis (PCA) were used to analyse the distribution and contamination levels of OCPs in this region. The results showed that DDTs were the major contaminants and there were no significant correlations between various OCPs concentrations and the total organic carbon (TOC) contents. A significant positive correlation was observed between HCHs and DDTs (p<0.01), which indicates that HCHs and DDTs may have similar sources and fate in the study area.

Keywords Jiulong River hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethan (DDT) classification Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) Pearson’s bivariate Correlations Analysis (PCA)

Corresponding Author(s): QI Shihua,Email:shihuaqi@cug.edu.cn

Issue Date: 01 April 2012

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Xinli XING,Lingzhi TAN,Wei CHEN, et al. Concentrations and classification of HCHs and DDTs in soil from the lower reaches of the Jiulong River, China[J]. Front Envir Sci Eng, 0, (): 177-183.

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Fig.1 Map of sampling sites

Tab.1 Concentrations (ng·g dry weight) of OCPs and selected properties in soil samples

Fig.2 Dendrogram of Hierarchical Cluster Analysis for variables (R-cluster)

Fig.3 Dendrogram of Hierarchical Cluster Analysis for cases (Q-cluster)

Tab.2 orrelations between OCPs and TOC in soil samples

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