The study of marine pollution has been traditionally addressed to persistent chemicals, generally known as priority pollutants; a current trend in environmental analysis is a shift toward “emerging pollutants,” defined as newly identified or previously unrecognized contaminants. The present review is focused on the peculiar contribution of mass spectrometry (MS) to the study of pollutants in the seawater compartment. The work is organized in five paragraphs where the most relevant groups of pollutants, both “classical” and “emerging,” are presented and discussed, highlighting the relative data obtained by the means of different MS techniques. The hyphenation of MS and separative techniques, together with the development of different ion sources, makes MS and tandem MS the analytical tool of choice for the determination of trace organic contaminants in seawater. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Mass Spec Rev 37:492–512, 2018.

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海洋环境污染：质谱对海水研究的贡献

传统上，海洋污染的研究是针对持久性化学品，通常被称为优先污染物。当前环境分析的趋势是向“新兴污染物”的转变，“新兴污染物”被定义为新发现或以前未被识别的污染物。本综述的重点是质谱（MS）对海水隔室污染物研究的独特贡献。这项工作分为五个段落，其中介绍和讨论了最相关的污染物类别，包括“经典”和“新兴”污染物，强调了通过不同质谱技术获得的相关数据。MS的连接和分离技术，以及不同离子源的发展，使质谱仪和串联质谱仪成为测定海水中痕量有机污染物的首选分析工具。©2016 Wiley Periodicals，Inc.质谱修订37：492–512，2018年。