title: Determination of PAHs, PCBs, minerals, trace elements, and fatty acids in Rapana thomasiana as an indication of pollution.
abstract: The aim of this investigation was to introduce several analytical methods for determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), minerals, trace elements, and fatty acids in Rapana thomasiana as a marine pollution indicator organism. The chemical differences of the gastropod Ra. thomasiana from polluted and nonpolluted sites of the Black Sea on the Bulgarian coast were investigated. Chromatography and high-resolution inductively coupled plasma/MS analyses were used for evaluation of PAHs, PCBs, fatty acids, minerals, and trace elements. These methods can be applied to other marine products.
authors.affiliation: Gdańsk University of Technology, Chemical Faculty, Department of Analytical Chemistry, 80 952 Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Namiesnik
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Szefer
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sliwka-Kaszynska
authors.forename: Snejana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moncheva
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arancibia-Avila
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Toledo
authors.forename: Kyung-Sik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ham
authors.forename: Seong-Gook
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Shela
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gorinstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D008903:Minerals / Q000032:analysis*; D008974:Mollusca / Q000737:chemistry*; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis*; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis*; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D008903:Minerals; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D014131:Trace Elements; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls