Predicting bioconcentration factors (BCFs) of polychlorinated bornane (Toxaphene) congeners in fish and comparison with bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) in biota from the aquatic environment.
Polychlorinated bornanes, the main components of Toxaphene, are bioconcentrated in aquatic organisms to a high extent. However, up to this time no bioconcentration tests with individual chlorinated bornanes in aquatic organisms have been performed. Therefore, the bioconcentration factors (BCFs) of seven selected persistent chlorinated bornane congeners which are regularly found in aquatic organisms, were predicted from their n-octanol/water partition coefficients (log Kow). Furthermore, these BCF values were compared with the measured bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) in zooplankton and different fish species from the aquatic environment.
Geyer
H J
HJ
GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health GmbH, Munich, Germany.
Kaune
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A
Schramm
K W
KW
Rimkus
G
G
Scheunert
I
I
Brüggemann
R
R
Altschuh
J
J
Steinberg
C E
CE
Vetter
W
W
Kettrup
A
A
Muir
D C
DC
D000818:Animals; D001892:Camphanes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D005399:Fishes; D005544:Forecasting; D007306:Insecticides / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014112:Toxaphene / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
D001892:Camphanes; D007306:Insecticides; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014112:Toxaphene