Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in antarctic fish: levels, patterns, changes

• Published in: Chemosphere
• Main Authors: Weber, Kurt, Goerke, Helmut
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Antarctic; Elephant Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/5556/; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00551-4; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.16121

Organochlorine compounds were analysed in three fish species of different feeding types from the area of Elephant Island in the Antarctic. In 1996, HCB (means: 15-20 ng/g lipid), p,p'-DDE (5-13 ng/g lipid) and mirex (1-7 ng/g lipid) predominated, while PCBs were minor components (PCB 153: 0.4-2...