DISTRIBUTION OF AROMATIC ORGANOCHLORINES IN LIVERS AND REPRODUCTIVE-ORGANS OF MALE AND FEMALE DABS FROM THE GERMAN BIGHT

Authors
KAMMANN U LANDGRAFF O STEINHART H
Citation
U. Kammann et al., DISTRIBUTION OF AROMATIC ORGANOCHLORINES IN LIVERS AND REPRODUCTIVE-ORGANS OF MALE AND FEMALE DABS FROM THE GERMAN BIGHT, Marine pollution bulletin, 26(11), 1993, pp. 629-635
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology","Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Marine pollution bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
0025326X
Volume
26
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
629 - 635
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-326X(1993)26:11<629:DOAOIL>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The concentrations of polychlorobiphenyls (PCB), p,p'-dichloro-dipheny l-dichlorethene (p,p'-DDE) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB), were determine d in livers and reproductive organs from male and female dabs (Limanda limanda L.) caught in German Right during December 1988 and January t o May 1989. Livers and reproductive organs exhibited different PCB pat terns. Seasonal variations in the organochlorine content and PCB patte rns of female dab ovary and liver are influenced by the reproduction c ycle of the fish. Maximum PCB levels were found in male dab livers. Ov aries exhibited a greater HCB contamination than the corresponding liv ers.