title: Organochlorine pollutants in chub, Leuciscus cephalus, from the Svratka River, Czech Republic.
abstract: The aim was to evaluate the extent of pollution of the Svratka River with organochlorinated pollutants using the chub (Leuciscus cephalus) as a suitable bioindicator of the river contamination. The sum of 7 PCB congeners was found in range of 7.6-93.8 ng/g (with median of 31.7 ng/g) wet weight (ww), DDTs of 2.9-93.8 (29.9) ng/g ww, HCHs isomers of 0.1-5.3 (1.0) ng/g ww, HCB of 0.3-8.4 (2.2) ng/g ww and OCS of <0.1-0.5 (0.1) ng/g ww. Our results confirm predominance of metabolite DDE and higher-chlorinated PCB congeners and are comparable with similar studies and findings within the Czech Republic.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, ICTEP, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic. radim.lana@gmail.com
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lána
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vávrová
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Navrátil
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brabencová
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vecerek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D018153:Czech Republic; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000032:analysis* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012621:Seasons; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical