Partition of pentachlorophenol (PCP) into particulate and dissolved phases in the waters of the Vistula River mouth at the Gulf of Gdańsk

Station	Water type	Year	Samples (N)	Analysis
Kiezmark (the Vistula River mouth cross-section)	riverine	2002-2006	120	SPM
Kiezmark (the Vistula River)	riverine	2014 (April-December)	9 9	SPM, PCP_spm PCP_diss
Swibno (the Vistula River mouth)	estuarine	2014 (March-December)	10 10	SPM, PCP_spm PCP_diss
Gdansk (the Gulf of Gdansk)	marine	2014 (March-December)	10 10	SPM, PCP_spm PCP_diss
Sopot		2014	10	SPM, PCP_spm
(the Gulf of Gdansk)	marine	(March-December)	10	PCP_diss
Gdynia		2014	10	SPM, PCP_spm
(the Gulf of Gdansk)	marine	(March-December)	10	PCP_diss
			Total	SPM= 170 PCP_spm= 50 PCP_{diss= 50}

Relationship between the SPM load (kg) and the mean water flow rate (m³ s^-1) in the Vistula River at the Kiezmark station (river mouth cross-section) during the period of 2002-2006 and 2014

Table 2

Statistical parameters describing the data on PCP concentration (PCP_diss, PCP_spm) in river, estuarine and sea water

	Unit	N	Median	Minimum	Maximum
RIVERINE
PCP_diss	ng dm^-3	9	53.13	15.67	120.45
PCP_spm	μg g^-1 d.w.	9	12.85	3.20	27.01
ESTUARINE
PCP_diss	ng dm^-3	10	55.09	23.43	94.21
PCP_spm	μg g^-1d^w.	10	16.40	13.52	25.61
MARINE
PCP_diss	ng dm^-3	30	28.98	12.85	62.36
PCP_diss	μg g^-1d^w.	30	17.35	8.58	37.76

Relationship between PCP_spm (μg g^-1 d.w.) and the mean water flow rate (Q), (m³ s^-1) in the Vistula River at the Kiezmark station (river mouth cross-section) in 2014

Table 3

Spearman rank correlation test for verification of correlation between the particulate phase of PCP (PCP_spm) and the mean water flow rate in the Vistula River in 2014

	Unit	PCP_spm (μg g^-1 d.w.)	Water flow rate (Q) (m³ s^-1)
PCP_spm	μg g^-1 d.w.	1.000000	-0.616667
Water flow rate (Q)	m³ s^-1	-0.616667	1.000000

Seasonal variability in PCP_spm and PCP_diss concentrations at selected sampling stations in 2014

Table 4

Spearman rank correlation test for the assessment of selected parameters and their effect on the partition of PCP into dissolved and particulate phases (statistically significant p<0.05 marked in red)

Parameter	PCP_diss (ng dm^-3)	PCP_spm ⁽μg g^-1 d.w.)	S (PSU)	pH
PCP_diss(ng dm^-3)	1.000000	0.127301	-0.478481	0.575308
PCP (μg g^-1 d.w.)	0.127301	1.000000	0.185959	0.099283
S (PSU)	0.575308	0.185959	1.000000	-0.492416
pH	-0.492416	0.099283	0.147645	1.000000

Table 5

Calculated values of the dilution factor (DF) for PCP in the sampled surface waters with respect to the EC (2001) environmental quality standard (EQS) for the assessment of environmental risk

Water type	ΣPCP_diss /PCP_spm	EQS value	DF
riverine	336.69	100	3.37
marine	237.46	100	2.37

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2016-0016 | Journal eISSN: 1897-3191 | Journal ISSN: 1730-413X

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Language: English

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Submitted on: Aug 28, 2015

Accepted on: Sep 28, 2015

Published on: Jun 22, 2016

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