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Evaluation of sewage-derived organic matter using fecal sterols in the sediments from Ulsan Bay and adjacent areas

Fecal sterol을 이용한 울산만과 주변해역 퇴적물내 하수기인 유기물 평가

  • Choi Minkyu (Marine Environment Management Team, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Choi Hee-Gu (Marine Environment Management Team, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Kim Sang-Soo (Marine Environment Management Team, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Moon Hyo-Bang (Marine Environment Management Team, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
  • 최민규 (국립수산과학원 환경관리팀) ;
  • 최희구 (국립수산과학원 환경관리팀) ;
  • 김상수 (국립수산과학원 환경관리팀) ;
  • 문효방 (국립수산과학원 환경관리팀)
  • Published : 2005.01.01
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Abstract

Surface sediments (0$\~$4 cm) were sampled at 40 stations from Ulsan Bay and its adjacent areas of Korea, to evaluate the contamination by sewage-derived organic matters using fecal sterols. Some sterols were quantified by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Total concentrations of eight sterols (co­prostanol, cholesterol, cholestanol, epicholestanol, epicoprostanol, ${\beta}-sitosterol,$ brassicasterol, and stigmasterol) in the sediments from Ulsan Bay and its vicinity varied from 929 to 23,444 ng/g dry weight. The most predom­inant sterols were cholesterol and coprostanol, accounting for $33\~72{\%}$ of total sterols. The concentration of coprostanol known as the indicator of human feces ranged from 141 to 8,257 ng/g dry weight. In particular, the coprostanol concentrations in the sediments from Jansaengpo Harbor and Taehwa River exceeded the value of 1,000 ng/g dry weight, suggesting that these areas could be considered as the hot-spot zones by municipal sewage contamination. Some molecular indices and multivariate data analysis were used to assess the origin of these sterols in the sediments. Results showed that the major routes of sewage contamination in Ulsan Bay and its vicinity were the input through Jansaengpo Harbor and Taehwa River.

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