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Occurrence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the sea anemone Bunodosoma zamponii, sediments and seawater from the southwestern Atlantic

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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent and bioaccumulable organic compounds. The occurrence of PCBs was assessed in two populations of the intertidal sea anemone Bunodosoma zamponii living under different anthropogenic strains. One location was in vicinity to a wastewater plant (Las Delicias, LD), and the other was a preserved location chosen as a reference site (Punta Cantera, PC). Anemone populations were sampled 4 times (spring, summer, autumn and winter) throughout a year, in addition to seawater and sediment from those areas. PCB loadings ranged from 2.89 to 79.41 ng L-1 in seawater samples and from 0.07 to 6.61 ng g-1 dry weight in sediment samples. Total PCB levels ranged from 0.22 to 14.94 and 2.79 to 24.69 ng g-1 wet weight in anemones from PC and LD, respectively. PCBs concentrations in anemones from LD were significantly greater than PC during spring, summer and winter. The congeners 18 and 44 prevailed in seawater samples, 44 and 52 in sediment and 18 and 132+153 in anemones. Redundancy analysis integrated PCB levels from all matrixes and bolstered contrast between sampling sites. Seasonality was also a relevant factor since during winter PCB loading was greater in sediment and anemone samples, coincident with the rainiest season. Disparity between sites could be due to LD’s proximity to the wastewater plant, effect of littoral drift direction and/or asymmetries in anemones physiological condition.

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Acknowledgements

Authors wish to thank Juan Pablo Lancia (IGCyC, IIMyC–CONICET) for sedimentary analysis, Argentina’s Naval Hydrography Service (SHN) and National Weather Service (SMN) for their help facilitating tidal and weather datasets, respectively. Also, special thanks to Agustin Garese for his help during the field work, Ana I. Vullo for her contribution to the design of the sampling site map and Dennis Helsel for his guidance on censored data analysis. This work is part of the PhD thesis of Nicolas D. Vazquez.

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This study was supported by the Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT; PICT-15/2160) and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET; PIP 0013).

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    Nicolas D. Vazquez, Melisa A. Chierichetti & Karina S. B. Miglioranza

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    Nicolas D. Vazquez & Fabian H. Acuña

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    Nicolas D. Vazquez, Melisa A. Chierichetti, Fabian H. Acuña & Karina S. B. Miglioranza

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Nicolas D. Vazquez helped in formal analysis, investigation, writing—original draft, writing—review & editing, visualization. Melisa A. Chierichetti was involved in investigation, writing—review & editing. Fabian H. Acuña performed conceptualization, methodology, investigation, resources, writing—review & editing, funding acquisition. Karina S.B. Miglioranza contributed to conceptualization, methodology, investigation, resources, writing—original draft, writing—review & editing, supervision, project administration, funding acquisition.

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Vazquez, N.D., Chierichetti, M.A., Acuña, F.H. et al. Occurrence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the sea anemone Bunodosoma zamponii, sediments and seawater from the southwestern Atlantic. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 39649–39664 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-18877-w

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