title: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in European hake (Merluccius merluccius) muscle from the Western Mediterranean Sea.
abstract: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) were quantified in muscle tissue of European hake, an ecologically and commercially important species. Samples were collected from the Western Mediterranean, in seven different stations at different depths and a batch was bought in a local market. PCBs are the dominant pollutants, but the overall concentrations do not show significant differences between the different specimens analyzed from various locations, with the exception of the concentration of PCBs at a shallow station close to the River Besòs mouth. This probably suggests that generally the pollutants in hake from the Western Mediterranean derive from historical and non-point sources. The occurrence of pollutants is widespread in the samples but their concentration is below recommended legal limits for fish or other foodstuffs.
authors: Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08913 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.
authors: Núria
authors: N
authors: Moraleda-Cibrián
authors: Departament de Biologia Animal de Biologia Vegetal i Ecologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08913 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.
authors: Maite
authors: M
authors: Carrassón
authors: Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08913 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Electronic address: antoni.rosell@uab.cat.
authors: Antoni
authors: A
authors: Rosell-Melé
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D048388:Gadiformes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000032:analysis*; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D045483:Rivers; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D010575:Pesticides; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls
keywords: Bioaccumulation; Fish muscle; Hake; Mediterranean Sea; Persistent organic pollutants