Vy. Panagiotopoulou et al., LEVELS OF ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES AND PCB CONGENERS IN THE GULF-OF-ELEFSIS, Fresenius environmental bulletin, 5(9-10), 1996, pp. 545-550
The aim of the present study is the determination of 16 organochlorine
pesticides and 7 PCB congeners in water, suspended solids and sedimen
ts, taken from five sites of the gulf of Elefsis during 1992 The resul
ts of this survey show the real tendency of organochlorine compounds t
o accumulate more in suspended solids and sediments than in the dissol
ved water phase following their hydrophobic nature. Discrepancies from
the general rule could account on the existence of colloidal co-deter
mined with the dissolved phase of the water samples.