Organic UV stabilizers and UV filters in the sediment of Chinese Bohai and Yellow Seas in 2016

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Organic UV stabilizers and UV filters are applied to industrial materials and cosmetics worldwide. In plastics they prevent photo-induced degradation, while in cosmetics they protect human skin against harmful effects of UV radiation. This study reports on the occurrence and distribution of organic UV stabilizers and UV filters in the surface sediment of the Chinese Bohai and Yellow Seas for the first time. In total, 16 out of 21 analyzed substances were positively detected. Concentrations ranged from sub-ng/g dw to low ng/g dw. The highest concentration of 25 ng/g dw was found for octocrylene (OC) in the Laizhou Bay. In the study area, characteristic composition profiles could be identified. In Korea Bay, the dominating substances were OC and ethylhexyl salicylate (EHS). All other analytes were below their method quantification limit (MQL). Around the Shandong Peninsula, highest concentrations of benzotriazole derivatives were observed in this study with octrizole (UV-329) as the predominant compound, reaching concentrations of 6.09 ng/g dw. The distribution pattern of UV-329 and bumetrizole (UV-326) were related (Pearson correlation coefficient r > 0.98, p << 0.01 around the Shandong Peninsula), indicating an identical input pathway and similar environmental behavior.

All measurements were carried out twice and the mean of both is given.

Supplement to: Apel, Christina; Tang, Jianhui; Ebinghaus, Ralf (2018): Environmental occurrence and distribution of organic UV stabilizers and UV filters in the sediment of Chinese Bohai and Yellow Seas. Environmental Pollution, 235, 85-94

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886239
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.12.051
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.886239
Provenance
Creator Apel, Christina; Tang, Jianhui (ORCID: 0000-0002-9006-263X); Ebinghaus, Ralf
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2018
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Supplementary Dataset; Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 1498 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (118.970W, 31.980S, 124.000E, 40.060N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2016-06-29T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2016-07-14T00:00:00Z