Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ameur, Walid Ben
• Trabelsi, Souad
• El Megdiche, Yassine
• Ben Hassine, Sihem
• Barhoumi, Badreddine
• Hammami, Bèchir
• Eljarrat, Ethel
• Barceló, Damia
• Driss, Mohamed Ridha

Titel

Concentration of polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in mullet (Mugil cephalus) and sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) from Bizerte Lagoon (Northern Tunisia)

Ist Teil von

• Chemosphere (Oxford), 2013-03, Vol.90 (9), p.2372-2380

Ort / Verlag

Kidlington: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• ► OCP and PCB levels were reported in fish from Bizerte Lagoon (Tunisia). ► OCs levels were comparable or slightly higher than to those found in other studies. ► The estimated daily intake for DDTs and γ-HCH were far below the ADI recommended by FAO/WHO. Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) were determined in two fish species, mullet (Mugil cephalus) and sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), collected from Bizerte Lagoon and the Mediterranean Sea. In all samples, PCBs were found in higher concentrations than OCPs. The highest concentrations of OCPs and PCBs were found in sea bass, and in Bizerte Lagoon. Concentrations of DDTs and PCBs detected in this study were generally comparable or slightly higher than those found in studies from other Mediterranean and non-Mediterranean regions subject to a high anthropogenic impact. ∑PCBs, ∑HCHs and HCB levels were negatively correlated with lipid content, while no such correlation was seen for ∑DDTs. A significant correlation between levels and length and between levels and weight existed only for ∑PCBs. The daily intake of PCBs and OCPs ingested by people living in Bizerte through the studied fish species was estimated and compared with those observed in other areas.