Polychlorinated biphenyls in Barents and Greenland seas fish

Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus, long rough dab Hippoglossoides platessoides, redfish Sebastes sp. (marinus and/or mentella), Atlantic cod Gadus morrhua, Greenland halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, capelin Mallotus villosus and halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus were collected in the Barents and...

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Published in:Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 1997-06, Vol.58 (6), p.885-892
Main Authors: ALI, I. B, JOIRIS, C. R, HOLSBEEK, L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agnatha. Pisces
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Applied ecology
Arctic Regions
Bioaccumulation
Biological and medical sciences
Chromatography, Gas
Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution
Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on vertebrates
Fishes - metabolism
Frozen Sections
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gadus morhua
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Mallotus villosus
Marine
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Muscles - chemistry
Muscles - metabolism
Oceans and Seas
PCB
Pesticide Residues - analysis
Pesticide Residues - metabolism
Pisces
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Polychlorinated Biphenyls - analysis
Polychlorinated Biphenyls - metabolism
Reference Standards
Seawater - analysis
Species Specificity
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
Water Pollutants, Chemical - metabolism
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Summary:Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus, long rough dab Hippoglossoides platessoides, redfish Sebastes sp. (marinus and/or mentella), Atlantic cod Gadus morrhua, Greenland halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, capelin Mallotus villosus and halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus were collected in the Barents and Greenland seas in 1991 and 1992. The PCB pattern was much closer to the standard mixture Aroclor 1254 than 1260, especially for those congeners presenting a clear difference in both standard mixtures: 101, 180, 170 and 194. Clear differences appeared when comparing median PCB values in the different species, from 6 ng sum congeners per g dry weight in haddock to 113 in halibut. These differences corresponded to differences in lipid content and all species showed a similar contamination when expressed on a lipid weight base. The strong correlation between lipid content and PCB indicated that uptake of the latter was predominantly directly from water, without significant influence of diet nor age.
ISSN:0007-4861
1432-0800
DOI:10.1007/s001289900417