Phthalates and Nonylphenols in Roskilde Fjord
Phthalates and Nonylphenols in Roskilde Fjord
Phthalates and Nonylphenols in Roskilde Fjord
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Concentration, ng/g150010005000emmwweeemmwwbVigDEHPSt 2 St 2044Bredn<strong>in</strong>gSt 60Depthcm-5000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7Distance from outlet, kmFigure 17 DEHP <strong>in</strong> sediments of <strong>Roskilde</strong> <strong>Fjord</strong> versus distance to WWTP outlet.600bBredn<strong>in</strong>g500VigConcentration, ng/g400300200100emwm wwem eeSt 2St 2044NPNPDESt 600Depthcm-100 -5000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7Distance from outlet, kmFigure 18 NP <strong>and</strong> NPDE <strong>in</strong> sediments of <strong>Roskilde</strong> <strong>Fjord</strong> versus distance to WWTP outlet.In Figure 17 an almost monotonous descend<strong>in</strong>g gradient is observed forDEHP. Thus, for the sediments a significant spatial variation can be seen,unlike the fjordwater, where no such gradient was found. An importantprocess go<strong>in</strong>g on is thus sedimentation of substances bound to particles<strong>and</strong> b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g of dissolved substances to sediment <strong>in</strong> the fjord bottom. It isseen that essentially all DEHP has been carried to the bottom with<strong>in</strong> theshallow depths of the first few kilometres. Further away the concentra-41