Environmental contamination associated with a marine landfill ('seafill') beside a coral reef

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1993-2006

  Jones, Ross ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

Coral; Metals; Pollution; POPs; Reef; Sediment quality guidelines

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BULK WASTES; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DIOXINS AND FURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; INCINERATOR ASH; MULTIPLE CONTAMINANTS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; POPS; RECLAMATION SITES; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; LEACHING; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REEFS; SCRAP METAL; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

COPPER; MERCURY; ZINC;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORAL REEF; LANDFILL; LEACHING; MARINE POLLUTION; METAL; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BERMUDA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORAL REEF; LANDFILL LEACHATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

BERMUDA; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BERMUDA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 78049282263     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.07.028     Document Type: Article

References (67)

1. Abramowicz D.A. Aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation of PCBs - a review. CRC Crit. Rev. Biotechnol. 1996, 10:241-249.
2. Anon, 2005. Government of Bermuda, Ministry of the Environment 2005 State of the environment report. Produced by the Department of Communication and Information. Island Press, Bermuda.
3. ANZECC and ARMCANZ, 2000. Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality. Australian and New Zealand Environment Conservation Council and Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand, Canberra, ACT.
4. Aoki Y. Polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, and polychlorinated dibenzofurans as endocrine disrupters - what we have learned from Yusho disease. Environ. Res. 2001, 86:2-11.
5. Bedard D.L. Polychlorinated biphenyls in aquatic sediments: environmental fate and outlook for biological treatment. Dehalogenation: Microbial Processes and Environmental Applications 2003, 443-465. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA. M.M. Haggblom, I.D. Bossert (Eds.).
6. Breivik K., Sweetman A., Pacyna J.M., Jones K.C. Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners-a mass balance approach 1. Global production and consumption. Sci. Total Environ. 2002, 290:181-198.
7. Brown J.F., Bedard D.L., Brennan M.J., Carnahan J.C., Feng H., Wagner R.E. Polychlorinated biphenyl dechlorination in aquatic sediments. Science 1987, 236:709-712.
8. Brown M.P., Bush B., Rhee G.Y., Shane L. PCB dechlorination in Hudson River sediment. Science 1988, 240:1674-1675.
9. Burns K.A., Ehrhardt M.G., MacPherson J.M., Tierney J.A., Kananen G., Connelly D. Organic and trace metal contaminants in sediments, seawater and organisms from two Bermuda harbours. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 1990, 138:9-34.
10. Burton G.A. Sediment quality criteria in use around the world. Limnology 2002, 3:65-76.
11. CCME, 2002. Canadian sediment quality guidelines for the protection of aquatic life: summary tables. In: Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines, 1999, Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, Winnipeg.
12. Chapman, D., 2008. A Soil and Groundwater Characterisation Study of the Bermuda Airport Landfill. Master Thesis, Royal Holloway University of London, UK, 135pp.
13. Chapman P.M. Determining when contamination is pollution - weight of evidence determinations for sediments and effluents. Environ. Int. 2007, 33:492-501.
14. Chapman P.M., Anderson J. A decision-making framework for sediment contamination. Integr. Environ. Assess. Manage. 2005, 1:163-173.
15. Christensen T.H., Kjeldsen P., Bjerg P.L., Jensen D.L., Christensen J.B., Baun A., Albrechtsen H.-J., Heron G. Biogeochemistry of landfill leachate plumes. Appl. Geochem. 2001, 16:659-718.
16. Clarke J.U. Evaluation of censored data methods to allow statistical comparisons among very small samples with below detection limit observations. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1998, 32:177-183.
17. Clarke K.R., Gorley R.N. PRIMER v6. User Manual/Tutorial 2006, PRIMER-E, Plymouth, UK, 192pp.
18. Cleverly D., Schaum J., Schweer G., Becker J., Winters D. The congener profiles of anthropogenic sources of chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and chlorinated dibenzofurans in the United States. Organohalogen Comp. 1997, 32:430-435.
19. Crane J.L., MacDonald D.D. Applications of numerical sediment quality targets for assessing sediment quality conditions in a US Great Lakes area of concern. Environ. Manage. 2003, 32:128-140.
20. Dearth M.A., Hites R.A. Complete analysis of technical chlordane using negative ionization mass spectrometry. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1991, 25:245-254.
21. Dodge R.E., Vaisnys J.R. Coral population and growth patterns: response to sedimentation and turbidity associated with dredging. J. Mar. Res. 1977, 35:715-730.
22. Domingo J.L., Schumacher M., Granero S., De Kok H.A.M. Temporal variation of PCDD/PCDF levels in environmental samples collected near an old municipal waste incinerator. Environ. Monit. Assess. 2001, 69:175-193.
23. Evans B.S., Dudley C.A., Klasson K.T. Sequential anaerobic-aerobic biodegradation of PCBs in soil slurry microcosms. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 1996, 57-58:885-894.
24. Fairey R., Long E.R., Roberts C.A., Anderson B.S., Phillips B.M., Hunt J.W., Puckett H.R., Wilson C.J. An evaluation of methods for calculating mean sediment quality guideline quotients as indicators of contamination and acute toxicity to amphipods by chemical mixtures. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2001, 20:2276-2286.
25. Faroon O., Jones D., de Rosa C. Effects of polychlorinated biphenyls on the nervous system. Toxicol. Ind. Health 2001, 16:305-333.
26. Fernandez A., Singh A., Jaffe R. A literature review on trace metals and organic compounds of anthropogenic origin in the Wider Caribbean Region. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2007, 54:1681-1691.
27. Field J.A., Sierra-Alvarez R. Microbial transformation and degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls. Environ. Pollut. 2008, 155:1-12.
28. Flood V.S., Pitt J.M., Smith S.R. Historical and ecological analysis of coral communities in Castle Harbour (Bermuda) after more than a century of environmental perturbation. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2005, 51:545-557.
29. Gschwend P.M., Hites R.A. Fluxes of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to marine and lacustrine sediments in the northeastern United States. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1981, 45:2359-2367.
30. Harner T., Pozo K., Gouin T., Macdonald A.M., Hung H., Cainey J., Peters A. Global pilot study for persistent organic pollutants (POPs) using PUF disk passive air samplers. Environ. Pollut. 2006, 144:445-452.
31. Harner T., Shoeib M., Diamond M., Stern G., Rosenberg B. Using passive air samplers to assess urban-rural trends for persistent organic pollutants. 1. Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38:4474-4483.
32. Hjelmar O. Disposal strategies for municipal solid waste incineration residues. J. Hazard. Mater. 1996, 47:345-368.
33. IARC International agency for research on cancer. Polynuclear aromatic compounds, Part 1, chemical, environmental and experimental data. IARC Monogr. Eval. Carcinog. Risk. Chem. Hum. 1983, 32:1-453.
34. ICES, 1986. Report of the ICES Advisory Committee on Marine Pollution. Co-operative Research Report of the International Council for Exploration of the Sea, vol. 167, pp. 26-29.
35. Jickells T.D., Knap A.H. The distribution and geochemistry of some trace metals in the Bermuda coastal environment. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 1984, 18:245-262.
36. Johnson G.W., Hansen L.G., Hamilton M.C., Fowler B., Hermanson M.H. PCB, PCDD and PCDF congener profiles in two types of Aroclor 1254. Environ. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 2008, 25:156-163.
37. Kaiser J., Enserink M. Environmental toxicology: treaty takes a POP at the dirty dozen. Science 2000, 290:2053.
38. Kao C.M., Chen S.C., Liu J.K., Wu M.J. Evaluation of TCDD biodegradability under different redox conditions. Chemosphere 2001, 44:1447-1454.
39. Keith L.H., Telliard W.A. Priority pollutants I - a perspective view. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1979, 13:416-423.
40. Kjeldsen P.I., Barlaz M.A., Rooker A.P., Baun A., Ledin A., Christensen T.H. Present and Long-Term Composition of MSW Landfill Leachate: a review. Crit. Rev. Env. Sci. Tec. 2002, 32:297-336.
41. Knap A., Binkley K.S., Artz R.S. The occurrence and distribution of trace organic compounds in Bermuda precipitation. Atmos. Environ. 1991, 22:1411-1423.
42. Knap, A.H., Cook, C.B., Cook, S.B., Simmons, J.A.K., Jones, R.J., Murray, A.E., 1991. Marine Environmental Studies to Determine the Impact of the Mass Burn Incinerator Proposed for Tynes Bay, Bermuda. Prepared for Ministry of Works and Engineering, Hamilton, Bermuda.
43. Laflamme R.E., Hites R.A. The global distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in recent sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1978, 42:289-303.
44. Lima A.L., Farrington J.W., Reddy C.M. Combustion-derived polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the environment - a review. Environ. Forensics 2005, 6:109-131.
45. Long E.R., Field L.J., MacDonald D.D. Predicting toxicity in marine sediments with numerical sediment quality guidelines. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 1998, 17:714-727.
46. Long E.R., Ingersoll C.G., MacDonald D.D. Calculation and uses of mean sediment quality guideline quotients: a critical review. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40:1726-1736.
47. Long E.R., MacDonald D.D., Smith S.L., Calder F.D. Incidence of adverse biological effects within ranges of chemical concentrations in marine and estuarine sediments. Environ. Manage. 1995, 19:81-97.
48. Loring D.H. Normalization of heavy-metal data from estuarine and coastal sediments. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 1991, 48:101-115.
49. MacDonald D.D., Carr R.S., Calder F.D., Long E.R., Ingersoll C.G. Development and evaluation of sediment quality guidelines for Florida coastal waters. Ecotoxicology 1996, 5:253-278.
50. Mackay, D., Shiu, W.Y., Ma, K.C., 1992. Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated dioxins, and dibenzofurans. In: Illustrated Handbook of Physico-Chemical Properties and Environmental Fate for Organic Chemicals, vol. II. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton.
51. Mayes B.A., McConnell E.E., Neal B.H., Brunner M.J., Hamilton S.B., Sullivan T.M., Peters A.C., Ryan M.J., Toft J.D., Singer A.W., Brown J.F., Menton R.G., Moore J.A. Comparative carcinogenicity in Sprague-Dawley rats of the polychlorinated biphenyl mixtures aroclors 1016, 1242, 1254, and 1260. Toxicol. Sci. 1998, 41:62-76.
52. McCready S., Birch G.F., Long E.R., Spyrakis G., Greely C.R. Relationships between toxicity and concentrations of chemical contaminants in sediments from Sydney Harbour, Australia, and vicinity. Environ. Monit. Assess. 2006, 120:187-220.
53. Natarajan M.R., Wu W.M., Nye J., Wang H., Bhatnagar L., Jain M.K. Dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners by an anaerobic microbial consortium. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 1996, 46:673-677.
54. Nelson D.W., Sommers L.E. Total carbon, organic carbon and organic matter. Methods of Soil Analysis. Part 3. Chemical Methods 1996, 961-1010. SSSA; ASA, Madison. J.M. Bartels, J.M. Bigham, D.L. Sparks, A.L. Page, P.A. Helmke, R.H. Loeppert, P.N. Soltanpour, M.A. Tabatabai, C.T. Johnston, M.E. Sumner (Eds.).
55. Olie K., Vermeulen E.L., Hutzinger O. Chlorodibenzo-p-dioxins and chlorodibenzofurans are trace components of fly ash and flue gas of some municipal incinerations in the Netherlands. Chemosphere 1977, 6:455-459.
56. Peters, A., 2005. Environment Bermuda: Soil and Water Tank Survey 2005. Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc. Special Report to the Department of Environmental Protection, Bermuda Government, 135pp.
57. Readman J.W., Fillmann G., Tolosa I., Bartocci J., Villeneuve J.-P., Catinni C., Mee L.D. Petroleum and PAH contamination of the Black Sea. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2002, 44:48-62.
58. Roethel, F.J., 2006. Tynes Bay Waste Treatment Facility - Environmental and Potential Worker Exposure to Municipal Solid Waste Combustor Ash. Final Report to the Government of Bermuda Ministry of Works and Engineering, 91pp.
59. Sabbas T., Polletini A., Pomi R., Astrup T., Hjelmar O., Mostbauer P., Cappai G., Magel G., Salhofer S., Speiser C., Heuss-Assbichler S., Klein R., Lechner P. Management of municipal solid waste incineration residues. Waste Manage. 2003, 23:61-88.
60. Shepard F.P. Nomenclature based on sand-silt-clay ratios. J. Sediment. Petrol. 1954, 24:151-158.
61. Sicre M.A., Marty J.C., Saliot A., Aparicio X., Grimalt J., Albaiges J. Aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons in different sized aerosols over the Mediterranean Sea: occurrence and origin. Atmos. Environ. 1987, 21:2247-2259.
62. Slack R.J., Gronow J.R., Voulvoulis N. Household hazardous waste in municipal landfills: contaminants in leachate. Sci. Total Environ. 2005, 337:119-137.
63. Smith, S.R., Hellin, D.C., 1998. Environment Bermuda: Marine Environmental Impact Studies on the Thermal Effluent Released from the Tynes Bay Incinerator and Ash Block Disposal in Castle Harbour. Bermuda Biological Station for Research Inc., Special Publication, No. 35, 210pp.
64. Thomson J.A.M., Foster S.S.D. Effect of urbanization on the groundwater of limestone islands: an analysis of the Bermuda case. J. Inst. Water Eng. Scientists 1986, 40:527-540.
65. Van den Berg M., Birnbaum L.S., Denison M., De Vito M., Farland W., Feeley M., Fiedler H., Hakansson H., Hanberg A., Haws L., Rose M., Safe S., Schrenk D., Tohyama C., Tritscher A., Tuomisto J., Tysklind M., Walker N., Peterson R.E. The 2005 World Health Organization reevaluation of human and mammalian toxic equivalency factors for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds. Toxicol. Sci. 2006, 93:223-241.
66. Wentworth C.K. A scale of grade and class terms for clastic sediments. J. Geol. 1922, 30:377-392.
67. Zar J.H. Biostatistical Analysis 1999, Prentice-Hall Inc., New Jersey. fourth ed.