Modelling of migration and fate of selected persistent organic pollutants in the Gulf of Gdansk and the Vistula catchment (Poland): Selected results from the EU ELOISE EuroCat project

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 467-476

  Zukowska, Barbara ^a   Pacyna, Jozef ^a,b   Namiesnik, Jacek ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

environmental fate; EU ELOISE EuroCat VisCat project; migration; modeling; persistent organic pollutants; the Gulf of Gdansk; the Vistula River catchment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; MODELING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF GDANSK; OCEANIC REGIONS; POLAND; VISTULA BASIN; WORLD;

EID: 12344270266     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.09.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (23)

1. A. Beyer, F. Wania, T. Gouin, D. Mackay, and M. Matthies Selecting internally consistent physicochemical properties of organic compounds Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 21 5 2002 941 953
2. A. Beyer, F. Wania, T. Gouin, D. Mackay, and M. Matthies Temperature dependence of the characteristic travel distance Environ. Sci. Technol. 37 2003 766 771 Supporting Information
3. K. Breivik, and F. Wania Evaluating a model of the historical behavior of two hexachlorocyclohexanes in the Baltic Sea environment Environ. Sci. Technol. 36 2002 1014 1023
4. K. Breivik, J.M. Pacyna, and M. Munch Use of α-, β- and γ-hexachlorocyclohexane in Europe, 1970-1996 Sci. Total Environ. 239 1999 151 163
5. K. Breivik, A. Sweetman, J.M. Pacyna, and K.C. Jones Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners - a mass balance approach. 2. Emissions Sci. Total Environ. 290 1-3 2002 199 224
6. Buszewski, B., Buszewska, T., Chmarzynski, A., Kowalkowski, T., Kowalska, J., Kosobucki, P., Zbytniewski, R., Namiesnik, J., Kot-Wasik, A., Zukowska, B., Pacyna, J., Panasiuk, D., 2004. The present condition of the Vistula River catchment area and its impact on the Baltic Sea coastal zone. Regional Environmental Change, in press.
7. HELCOM, 1996. Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings, No. 64, Third periodic assessment of the state of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea, 1989-1993. Background document. Helsinki Commission. Baltic Marine Environmental Protection Commission.
8. K.C. Jones, and P. de Voogt Persistent organic pollutants (POPs): state of science Environ. Pollut. 100 1-3 1999 209 221
9. I. Kania-Korwel, and W.W. Sułkowski Hazards from polychlorinated biphenyls in Poland Przemysl Chemiczny 82 2 2003 88 90 (in Polish)
10. A. Kot-Wasik, B. Zukowska, D. Dȩbrowska, J. Dȩbska, J. Pacyna, and J. Namiesnik Physical, chemical, and biological changes in the Gulf of Gdansk ecosystem (Southern Baltic Sea) Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 179 2003 1 36
11. N. Li, F. Wania, Y.D. Lei, and G.L. Daly A comprehensive and critical compilation, evaluation and selection of physical chemical property data for selected polychlorinated biphenyls J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 32 4 2003 1545 1590
12. Pacyna, J.M., 1999. Environmental cycling of selected persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Baltic region. Technical Report of the EU POPCYCLING-Baltic Project (No. ENV4-CT96-0214). The Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway.
13. W. Salomons European Catchments: Catchment Changes and Their Impact on the Coast 2004 Institute for Environmental Studies Amsterdam, Holland
14. Scholtz, T.M., Van Heyst, B., 2000. A modelling assessment of the impact of pesticide application methods and tilling practices on emissions to the atmosphere. In: Using Models to Develop Air Toxics Reduction Strategies: Lake Michigan as a Test Case, Workshop, Milwaukee, WI, November 8-9, 2000.
15. Strucinski, P., Ludwicki, J.K., Goralczyk, K., Czaja, K., Hernik, A., 2002. Environmental hazard from polychlorinated biphenyls - selected health aspects. Conference Materials: Informative-Educational Program on Liquidation an Installations and Wastes Containing PCB/PCT, Wrocław, Poland, pp. 81-94 (in Polish).
16. W.W. Sulkowski, I. Kania-Korwel, and L.W. Robertson Polychlorinated biphenyls production in Poland Fresenius Environ. Bull. 12 2 2003 152 157
17. UNEP, 1995. Towards Global Action. International Experts Meeting on the Persistent Organic Pollutants; Meting Background Report; Vancouver, Canada, June 4-8, 1995.
18. F. Wania, and G.L. Daly Estimating the contribution of degradation in air and deposition to the deep sea to the global loss of PCBs Atmospheric Environ. 36 2002 5581 5593
19. F. Wania, and M.S. McLachlan Estimating the influence of forests on the overall fate of semivolatile organic compounds using a multimedia fate model Environ. Sci. Technol. 35 2001 582 590
20. Wania, F., Persson, J., Di Guardo, A., McLachlan, M.S., 2000. CoZMo-POP. A Fugacity-Based Multi-Compartmental Mass Balance Model of the Fate of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Coastal Zone. WECC Report 1/2000.
21. K.L. Willett, E.M. Ulrich, and R.A. Hites Differential toxicity and environmental fates of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers Environ. Sci. Technol. 32 1998 2197 2207
22. J.L. Zhou, K. Maskaoui, Y.W. Qiu, H.S. Hong, and Z.D. Wang Polychlorinated biphenyl congeners and organochlorine insecticides in the water column and sediments of Daya Bay, China Environ. Pollut. 113 2001 373 384
23. A. Zwir-Ferenc, and M. Biziuk Methods of determination pesticides and PCBs in food-review Chem. Inż. Ekol. 9 10 2002 1177 1192 (in Polish)