PCBS IN COD (GADUS-MORHUA), FLOUNDER (PLATICHTHYS-FLESUS), BLUE MUSSEL (MYTILUS-EDULIS) AND BROWN SHRIMP (CRANGON-CRANGON) FROM THE BELGIANCONTINENTAL-SHELF - RELATION TO BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND TREND ANALYSIS

Authors
ROOSE P COOREMAN K VYNCKE W
Citation
P. Roose et al., PCBS IN COD (GADUS-MORHUA), FLOUNDER (PLATICHTHYS-FLESUS), BLUE MUSSEL (MYTILUS-EDULIS) AND BROWN SHRIMP (CRANGON-CRANGON) FROM THE BELGIANCONTINENTAL-SHELF - RELATION TO BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND TREND ANALYSIS, Chemosphere (Oxford), 37(9-12), 1998, pp. 2199-2210
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Chemosphere (Oxford) → ACNP
ISSN journal
00456535
Volume
37
Issue
9-12
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2199 - 2210
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(1998)37:9-12<2199:PIC(F(>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
PCB levels in cod, flounder, mussel and shrimp, covering a ten-year pe riod, were assessed for temporal trends and their relation to biologic al parameters. A significant relation was found between the PCB levels on a wet weight basis and the total lipid content. Normalising on the total lipid content reduced the differences in PCB levels between the organisms and between different tissues within the organisms. A gener al downward trend was observed for the PCB levels on the Belgian conti nental shelf. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.