Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in sprats from the southern Baltic, 1981.
102 samples of the muscle tissue of sprat netted in 1981 in the southern part of the Baltic Sea were analysed for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), DDT and its analogues (DDE and DDD), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), and isomers of benzenehexachloride (alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-BHC). The mean values obtained related to wet weight for sprat muscle meat were: 6.4 micrograms HCB/kg, 11 micrograms alpha-BHC/kg, 20 micrograms gamma-BHC/kg, 33 micrograms p,p'-DDE/kg, 42 micrograms p,p'-DDD/kg, 31 micrograms p,p'-DDT/kg, 110 micrograms sigma DDT/kg and 670 micrograms PCB/kg; beta-BHC was detectable in trace amounts and delta-BHC was undetected. The results are compared with values reported previously by other authors.
D000818:Animals; D003634:DDT / Q000032:analysis; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis*; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D009132:Muscles / Q000032:analysis; D011044:Poland; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis*
D007306:Insecticides; D008055:Lipids; D003634:DDT; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls