Predicting bioconcentration factors (BCFs) of polychlorinated bornane (Toxaphene) congeners in fish and comparison with bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) in biota from the aquatic environment

Authors
Geyer, HJ Kaune, A Schramm, KW Rimkus, G Scheunert, I Bruggemann, R Altschuh, J Steinberg, CE Vetter, W Kettrup, A Muir, DCG
Citation
Hj. Geyer et al., Predicting bioconcentration factors (BCFs) of polychlorinated bornane (Toxaphene) congeners in fish and comparison with bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) in biota from the aquatic environment, CHEMOSPHERE, 39(4), 1999, pp. 655-663
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
CHEMOSPHERE
ISSN journal
00456535 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
655 - 663
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(199908)39:4<655:PBF(OP>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Polychlorinated bornanes, the main components of Toxaphene, are bioconcentr ated in aquatic organisms to a high extent. However, up to this time no bio concentration tests with individual chlorinated bornanes in aquatic organis ms have been performed. Therefore, the bioconcentration factors (BCFs) of s even selected persistent chlorinated bornane congeners which are regularly found in aquatic organisms, were predicted from their n-octanol/water parti tion coefficients (log K-OW). Furthermore, these BCF values were compared w ith the measured bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) in zooplankton and differen t fish species from the aquatic environment. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. Ali rights reserved.