Persistent organic pollutants in tissues of the white-blooded Antarctic fish Champsocephalus gunnari and Chaenocephalus aceratus.
Persistent organic pollutants in tissues of the white-blooded Antarctic fish Champsocephalus gunnari and Chaenocephalus aceratus.
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南极白血鱼 Champsocephalus Gunnari 和 Chaenocephalus aceratus 组织中的持久性有机污染物。
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.01.089
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发表时间:
2016
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影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
M. Zennegg
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作者:
Anneli Strobel;P. Schmid;H. Segner;P. Burkhardt;M. Zennegg
The global occurrence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) continuously contributes to their accumulation also in remote areas such as the Antarctic Ocean. Antarctic fish, which hold high trophic positions but appear to possess low endogenous elimination rates for chemicals, are expected to bioaccumulate POPs with rising anthropogenic pollution.Using a chemical-analytical method, we measured concentrations of PCBs, PBDEs, HCBs, HCH and DDTs and determined toxic equivalents (TEQs) and bioanalytical equivalents (BEQs) in muscle and ovaries of Antarctic icefish caught in the Southern Ocean around Elephant Island. We used two species with different feeding habits and trophic web positions: the planktivorousChampsocephalus gunnariand the piscivorousChaenocephalus aceratus.Our results revealed higher contaminant levels in ovary than in muscle tissues of both species. Most analytes concentrations and the TEQs (0.2–0.5) and BEQs (0.2) were lower as in temperate species. Comparison with literature data points to higher PCB (20–22 ng g−1lipid weight (lw)) and DDT (7–19.5 ng g−1lw) concentrations than those measured in icefish in the 90's. For the other contaminants, we could not identify temporal trends. We found a higher bioaccumulation of contaminants, particularly HCB and DDTs, inC. aceratus(6.2 & 19.5 ng g−1lw, respectively) than inC. gunnari(3.8 & 7.0 ng g−1lw, respectively). However, there was no general species-specific accumulation pattern of the different toxicant classes between the two icefish. Thus, the expected link between contaminant burdens ofC. aceratusandC. gunnariand their ecological traits was only weakly supported for these species.