Persistent organic pollutants in two fish species of Percidae and sediment from the Sulejowski Reservoir in central Poland.
Two predatory fish species, pikeperch and perch, and sediment from the Sulejowski Reservoir in Poland were analyzed for several classes of persistent organic pollutants. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), heptachlor, and DDTs were measured in the fish muscles. In addition, the distribution and profile of PCBs in muscles, livers, and gonads was examined. In sediment, PCBs and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and furans (PCDFs) were analyzed. The main contaminant in the muscles of both species was p,p'- DDE reaching an average of 1072 and 694 ng g(-1) lipid in pikeperch and perch, respectively. SigmaPCBs, with an average concentration of 454 and 261 ng g(-1) lipid, respectively, were the second dominant contaminants. The two species differed in their PCB congener profile as a result of differences in feeding habits. Sediment PCDD/F concentrations ranged from 10.8 to 162.7 pg g(-1) dry mass, TEQ(PCDD/Fs) from 1.13 to 4.13 pg g(-1) dry mass, and the sum of indicator PCBs (SigmaPCB(7)) from 2.8 to 5.2 ng g(-1) dry mass. Biota-sediment accumulation factors (BSAFs) for SigmaPCB(7) were generally greater in pikeperch than in perch as a result of greater lipid content in the latter. Based on the contaminant levels in the sediment and fish, the Sulejowski Reservoir compares well with other, freshwater environments relatively uncontaminated with persistent organic pollutants.
Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia, 81-332 Gdynia, Poland.
Ilona
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Waszak
Henryka
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Dabrowska
D000818:Animals; D003634:DDT / Q000032:analysis; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000032:analysis; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006533:Heptachlor / Q000032:analysis; D006581:Hexachlorobenzene / Q000032:analysis; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane / Q000032:analysis; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000032:analysis*; D009132:Muscles / Q000737:chemistry; D010471:Perches; D011044:Poland; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D006581:Hexachlorobenzene; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane; D006533:Heptachlor; D003634:DDT; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls