Application of GC×GC-ToF-MS for Identification of Alkylated Naphthalenes Within Tissues of Oil-Contaminated Wild Mussels and Comparison with Laboratory Oil-Exposed Mussels |
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Scarlett, A.1, West, C.E.1, Booth, A.M.2 and Rowland, S.J.1 |
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Petroleum & Environmental Geochemistry Group, Biogeochemistry Centre, University of Plymouth, U.K. |
| 2 | SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Department of Marine Environmental Technology, Norway |
Presented at: 34th International Symposium on Capilary Chromatography and 7th GC×GC Symposium, Riva del Garda, Italy, 30 May-4 June 2010. |
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Alkylated naphthalenes are major constituents of water soluble fractions of crude oils, dominate oil industry produced waters and are common contaminants within tissues of marine biota, such as the mussel, Mytilus spp. It is important that environmental monitoring studies do not ignore these toxic compounds. However, most studies only rarely report alkyl naphthalenes with alkyl substituents >C3, possibly due to the complexity involved with the separation of the thousands of isomers which are theoretically possible. In this study we use GCxGC-TOF-MS to compare alkylnaphthalenes accumulated in lab-exposed and wild mussels.
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