Celma, Alberto
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Universitat Jaume I
Research article2022Peer reviewedOpen access
Are preserved coastal water bodies in Spanish Mediterranean basin impacted by human activity? Water quality evaluation using chemical and biological analyses
Celma, Alberto; Gago-Ferrero, Pablo; Golovko, Oksana; Hernandez, Felix; Lai, Foon Yin; Lundqvist, Johan; Menger, Frank; Sancho, Juan, V; Wiberg, Karin; Ahrens, Lutz; Bijlsma, Lubertus
Abstract
The Spanish Mediterranean basin is particularly susceptible to climate change and human activities, making it vulnerable to the influence of anthropogenic contaminants. Therefore, conducting comprehensive and exhaustive water quality assessment in relevant water bodies of this basin is pivotal. In this work, surface water samples from coastal lagoons or estuaries were collected across the Spanish Mediterranean coastline and subjected to target and suspect screening of 1,585 organic micropollutants by liquid chromatography coupled to ion mobility separation and high resolution mass spectrometry. In total, 91 organic micropollutants could be confirmed and 5 were tentatively identified, with pharmaceuticals and pesticides being the most prevalent groups of chemicals. Chemical analysis data was compared with data on bioanalysis of those samples (recurrent aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) activation, and estrogenic receptor (ER) inhibition in wetland samples affected by wastewater streams). The number of identified organic contaminants containing aromatic rings could explain the AhR activation observed. For the ER antagonistic effects, predictions on estrogenic inhibition potency for the detected compounds were used to explain the activities observed. The integration of chemical analysis with bioanalytical observations allowed a comprehensive overview of the quality of the water bodies under study.
Keywords
Ion mobility high resolution mass spectrometry; Bioanalysis; Wetland; Albufera; Ebro river; Organic micropollutants screening; Coastal lagoons
Published in
Environment International
2022, Volume: 165, article number: 107326
Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Golovko, Oksana
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Lai, Foon Yin
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Lundqvist, Johan
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Menger, Frank
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Wiberg, Karin
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ahrens, Lutz
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SLU Authors
Sustainable Development Goals
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
UKÄ Subject classification
Environmental Sciences
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107326
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/118720