Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.watres.2008.01.023 |
| Title (Primary) | Performance of the Chemcatcher® passive sampler when used to monitor 10 polar and semi-polar pesticides in 16 Central European streams, and comparison with two other sampling methods |
| Author | Schäfer, R.B.; Paschke, A.; Vrana, B.; Mueller, R.; Liess, M. |
| Source Titel | Water Research |
| Year | 2008 |
| Department | OEC; OEKOTOX |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 10-11 |
| Page From | 2707 |
| Page To | 2717 |
| Language | englisch |
| Keywords | Pesticides; Monitoring; Pollution; Passive sampling; Chemcatcher® |
| Abstract | We investigated the performance of the Chemcatcher®, an aquatic passive sampling device consisting of a sampler body and an Empore® disk as receiving phase, when used to monitor acetochlor, alachlor, carbofuran, chlorfenvinphos, -endosulfan, fenpropidin, linuron, oxadiazon, pirimicarb and tebuconazole in 16 Central European streams. The Chemcatcher®, equipped with an SDB-XC Empore® disk, detected seven of the aforementioned pesticides with a total of 54 detections. The time-weighted average (TWA) concentrations reached up to 1 µg/L for acetochlor and alachlor. Toxic units derived from these concentrations explained reasonably well the observed ecological effects of pesticide stress, measured with the SPEAR index. In a follow-up analysis, we compared the Chemcatcher® performance with those of two other sampling systems. The results obtained with the Chemcatcher® closely matched those of the event-driven water sampler. By contrast, the TWA concentrations were not significantly correlated with concentrations on suspended particles. We conclude that the Chemcatcher® is suitable for the monitoring of polar organic toxicants and presents an alternative to conventional spot sampling in the monitoring of episodically occurring pollutants. |
| Schäfer, R.B., Paschke, A., Vrana, B., Mueller, R., Liess, M. (2008): Performance of the Chemcatcher® passive sampler when used to monitor 10 polar and semi-polar pesticides in 16 Central European streams, and comparison with two other sampling methods Water Res. 42 (10-11), 2707 - 2717 10.1016/j.watres.2008.01.023 |
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