Organochlorine pollutants in chub, Leuciscus cephalus, from the Svratka River, Czech Republic
Language English Country United States Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- MeSH
- Water Pollutants, Chemical analysis pharmacokinetics MeSH
- Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated analysis pharmacokinetics MeSH
- Cyprinidae growth & development metabolism MeSH
- Skin metabolism MeSH
- Environmental Monitoring MeSH
- Rivers chemistry MeSH
- Seasons MeSH
- Muscles metabolism MeSH
- Body Weight drug effects MeSH
- Tissue Distribution MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Water Pollutants, Chemical MeSH
- Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated MeSH
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.
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