PCBs in fish from the southern Baltic Sea: levels, bioaccumulation features, and temporal trends during the period from 1997 to 2006 |
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Authors: | Szlinder-Richert Joanna Barska Iwona Mazerski Jan Usydus Zygmunt |
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Affiliation: | Department of Food and Environment Chemistry, Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia, Gdynia, Poland. jszlinder@mir.gdynia.pl |
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Abstract: | Levels of seven marker polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been determined in five species of Baltic fish collected during 1997-2006. Downward time trends in the concentrations of heavier congeners of PCBs in different Baltic fish, with the exception of cod, have been observed between 1997 and 2001. In case of sprat and herring samples, the statistical significance of the time trends of the PCBs: 101, 118, 153, 138 and 180 concentrations has been proved. Species-specific bioaccumulation of PCBs has been indicated, and the lowest and highest levels of PCBs (expressed on the basis of lipid weight) have been observed in sprat and salmon samples, respectively. PCB profiles have been found to be similar in all the fish species tested. Sampling location has not been a crucial factor for the observed levels of various PCBs. In some fish species, PCB concentrations are negatively correlated with the fat content but have no relation with the fish length. |
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Keywords: | ANOVA, analysis of variance LOQ, limit of quantification n, number of samples PCA, principal-component analysis PCB, polychlorinated biphenyls r, correlation coefficient |
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