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dc.contributor.authorCropp, Roger
dc.contributor.authorKerr, Georgina
dc.contributor.authorBengtson-Nash, Susan
dc.contributor.authorHawker, Darryl
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-27T01:30:22Z
dc.date.available2018-03-27T01:30:22Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-06-04T22:31:40Z
dc.identifier.issn1448-2517
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/EN10108
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/42523
dc.description.abstractPolar regions can be repositories for many persistent organic pollutants (POPs). However, comparatively little is known of the movement and behaviour of POPs in Antarctic ecosystems. These systems are characterised by strong seasonal effects of light on plankton dynamics. This work describes a mass-conserving, fugacity-based dynamic model to describe the movement of POPs in the Antarctic physical and plankton systems. The model includes dynamic corrections for changes in the population volumes and the temperature dependence of the fugacity capacities, and was developed by coupling a dynamic Nutrient-Phytoplankton-Zooplankton-Detritus (NPZD) ecosystem model to fugacity models of the chemistry and biology of the Southern Ocean. The model is applied to the movement of hexachlorobenzene, a POP found in the Antarctic environment. The model predicts that the burden of HCB in the plankton varies with the seasonal cycle in Antarctic waters, and induces a seasonal variation in the biomagnification factor of zooplankton. This suggests that time series of POP concentrations in Antarctic biotic and abiotic systems should be measured over complete seasonal cycles. Furthermore, detritus is shown to be a key contributor to the movement of POPs in polar environments, linking physical and biological components of the model.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCSIRO
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationY
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom263
dc.relation.ispartofpageto280
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEnvironmental Chemistry
dc.relation.ispartofvolume8
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchChemical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAtmospheric composition, chemistry and processes
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEarth sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode34
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode370104
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode37
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.titleA dynamic biophysical fugacity model of the movement of a persistent organic pollutant in Antarctic marine food webs
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 CSIRO. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorHawker, Darryl W.
gro.griffith.authorBengtson Nash, Susan M.


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