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Title: Atmospheric concentrations and potential sources of PCBs, PBDEs, and pesticides to Acadia National Park
Authors: Sofuoğlu, Sait Cemil
Sofuoğlu, Aysun
Holsen, Thomas M.
Alexander, Colleen M.
Pagano, James J.
Keywords: Acadia National Park
Back-trajectory
Long-range transport
POPs
PSCF
Organic pollutants
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
Source: Sofuoğlu, S. C., Sofuoğlu, A., Holsen, T. M., Alexander, C. M., and Pagano, J. J. (2013). Atmospheric concentrations and potential sources of PCBs, PBDEs, and pesticides to Acadia National Park. Environmental Pollution, 177, 116-124. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2013.02.015
Abstract: This study assessed concentrations and investigated potential source regions for PCBs, PBDEs, and organochlorine pesticides in Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. Back-trajectories and potential source contribution function (PSCF) values were used to map potential source areas for total-PCBs, BDE-47, and 10 organochlorine pesticides. The constructed PSCF maps showed that ANP receives high pollutant concentrations in air masses that travel along four main pathways: (1) from the SW along the eastern Atlantic seaboard, (2) from the WSW over St. Louis, and Columbus regions, (3) from the west over Chicago, and Toronto regions, and (4) from WNW to NNW over the Great Lakes, and Quebec regions. Transport of all studied pollutants were equally distributed between the first three pathways, with only minor contributions from the last pathway. This study concludes that the high-pollutant concentrations arriving at ANP do not exclusively originate from the major urban centers along the eastern Atlantic seaboard.
URI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.02.015
http://hdl.handle.net/11147/4603
ISSN: 0269-7491
0269-7491
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