Three decades of TBT contamination in sediments around a large scale shipyard
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Title
- Three decades of TBT contamination in sediments around a large scale shipyard
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Author(s)
- Kim, Nam Sook; Shim, Won Joon; Yim, Un Hyuk; Ha, Sung Yong; An, Joon Geon; Shin, Kyung Hoon
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- Shim, Won Joon(심원준); Yim, Un Hyuk(임운혁); Ha, Sung Yong(하성용); An, Joon Geon(안준건)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 김남숙; 심원준; 임운혁; 하성용; 안준건
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Publication Year
- 2011-08-30
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Abstract
- Tributyltin (TBT) contamination in sediments was investigated in the vicinity of a large-scale shipyard in the years after the implementation of a total ban on the use of TBT based antifouling paints in Korea. Extremely high level of TBT (36,292 ng Sn/g) in surface sediment was found at a station in front of a dry-dock and near surface runoff outfall of the shipyard. TBT concentration in surface sediments of Gohyeon Bay, where the shipyard is located, showed an apparent decreased TBT concentration gradient from the shipyard towards the outer bay. The vertical distribution of TBT contamination derived from a sediment core analysis demonstrated a significant positive correlation (r(2) = 0.88: p<0.001) with the annual tonnage of ship-construction in the shipyard within the past three decades. TBT concentrations at six stations surveyed before (2003) and seven years after (2010) the total ban showed no significant differences (p>0.05). Despite the ban on the use of TBT, including ocean going vessels, surface sediments are still being heavily contaminated with TBT, and its levels well exceeded the sediment quality guideline or screening values. (C) 2011 Elsevier BM. All rights reserved.
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ISSN
- 0304-3894
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/3826
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DOI
- 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.05.065
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Bibliographic Citation
- JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, v.192, no.2, pp.634 - 642, 2011
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Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
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Subject
- BUTYLTIN COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; SCROBICULARIA-PLANA; ANTIFOULING PAINT; COASTAL AREAS; TRIBUTYLTIN; KOREA; ENVIRONMENT; SAMPLES; WATER
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Keywords
- Tributyltin; Shipyard; Surface sediment; Sediment core; Gohyeon Bay
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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