FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI The Amazon River: A Major Source of Organic Plastic Additives to the Tropical North Atlantic?
BT 
AF Schmidt, Natascha
   Fauvelle, Vincent
   Ody, Anouck
   CASTRO JIMENEZ, Javier
   Jouanno, Julien
   Changeux, Thomas
   Thibaut, Thierry
   Sempéré, Richard
AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:1;5:2;6:1;7:1;8:1;
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C1 Aix-Marseille Univ., Toulon Univ., CNRS, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), Marseille 13288, France
   LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, IRD, CNRS, CNES, UPS, Toulouse 31400, France
C2 UNIV AIX-MARSEILLE, FRANCE
   LEGOS, FRANCE
IF 7.864
TC 45
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00514/62607/66967.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00514/62607/66968.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR SARGASSES TRANSATLANTIQUE
AB The release of emerging organic contaminants is identified among the most critical hazards to the marine environment, and plastic additives have received growing attention due to their worldwide distribution and potential deleterious effects. Here, we report dissolved surface water concentrations of two important families of plastic additives (organophosphate esters (OPEs) and bisphenols) and other related organic compounds (perfluorinated chemicals) measured in the North Atlantic from Cape Verde to the West Indies. We found that OPEs were the most abundant contaminants, reaching remarkably high concentrations in open ocean waters (1200 km offshore of the American Coast, at the location of the Amazon river plume during the sampling period), with up to 1.3 μg L–1 (Σ9OPEs). A Lagrangian analysis confirmed that these high concentrations of contaminants originated from the Amazon River plume and were transported more than 3000 km by the North Brazil Current and its retroflection. We thus consider the Amazon River as a major source of organic contaminants of emerging concern to the tropical North Atlantic Ocean and suggest that medium-/long-range contaminant transport occurs, most certainly facilitated by the highly stratified conditions offered by the river plume. 
PY 2019
PD JUN
SO Environmental Science & Technology
SN 0013-936X
PU American Chemical Society (ACS)
VL 53
IS 13
UT 000474478300034
BP 7513
EP 7521
DI 10.1021/acs.est.9b01585
ID 62607
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