title: Organochlorine pesticides in green mussel, Perna viridis, from the Cienfuegos Bay, Cuba.
abstract: The green mussel, Perna viridis, was used to measure bioaccumulated levels of organochlorine pesticides in the marine environment of Cuba. Samples were collected in the Cienfuegos Bay between January and December 2010. The organochlorine pesticides (i.e. DDT, Dieldrin, Chlordane, Endosulfan, HCB, Aldrin, Heptachlor and Lindane) were quantified by gas chromatography. The sum of all organochlorine pesticides in P. viridis was 6.31 ng g(-1). The concentration ranged from 3.53 to 4.42 ng g(-1) dry weight (dw) for DDTs (i.e. sum of pp' DDT, pp' DDD, op' DDE and pp' DDE); 1.7-1.9 ng g(-1) dw for Dieldrin; 0.17-0.20 ng g(-1) dw for Chlordanes; 0.14-0.16 ng g(-1) dw for Endosulfan; 0.11-0.17 ng g(-1) dw for HCB; 0.07-0.11 ng g(-1) dw for Aldrin; 0.046-0.054 ng g(-1) dw for Heptachlor and 0.035-0.039 ng g(-1) dw for Lindane. These levels can be considered as low when compared to reported values from similar studies conducted elsewhere in the world. The concentrations of all organochlorines residues detected in this study fell below the EU Maximum Residue Limits.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos, Ciudad Nuclear, 59350 Cienfuegos, Cuba. carlos@ceac.cu
authors.forename: Carlos Manuel
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Alonso-Hernández
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gómez-Batista
authors.forename: Chantal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cattini
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Villeneuve
authors.forename: Jae
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D000452:Aldrin / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D061006:Bays / Q000737:chemistry; D003462:Cuba; D003633:Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene / Q000378:metabolism; D004026:Dieldrin / Q000378:metabolism; D004726:Endosulfan / Q000378:metabolism; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006533:Heptachlor / Q000378:metabolism; D006581:Hexachlorobenzene / Q000378:metabolism; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane / Q000378:metabolism; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000378:metabolism*; D049883:Perna / Q000378:metabolism*; D010575:Pesticides / Q000378:metabolism*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism*; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D010575:Pesticides; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D003633:Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene; D006581:Hexachlorobenzene; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane; D006533:Heptachlor; D004026:Dieldrin; D004726:Endosulfan; D000452:Aldrin