Distributions of organochlorine compounds in sediments from Jiulong River Estuary and adjacent Western Taiwan Strait: Implications of transport, sources and inventories
OCPs and PCBs in sediment from the JRE didn’t reduce over the past two decades. Concentrations of OCPs decreased from the JRE to adjacent WTS. OCPs in the south coast resulted from river input, north from China Coastal Current. Minor variations indicated PCBs were not main pollutant in agricultural region. DDTs in the WTS region is a potential source of OCPs to the global oceans.