Persistent organic pollutants in tissues of the white-blooded Antarctic fish Champsocephalus gunnari and Chaenocephalus aceratus

• Published in: Chemosphere
• Main Authors: Strobel, Anneli, Schmid, Peter, Segner, Helmut, Burkhardt-Holm, Patricia, Zennegg, Markus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: icefish; bioaccumulation; persistent organic pollutants; polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); toxic equivalents (TEQs); DR CALUX bioanalytical equivalents (BEQs); Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Elephant Island; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Icefish
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.01.089

The global occurrence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) continuously contributes to their accumulation also in remote areas such as the Antarctic Ocean. Antarctic fish, which hold high trophic positions but appear to possess low endogenous elimination rates for chemicals, are expected to bioac...