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: Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Elephant Island; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Icefish
• Online Access: http://edoc.unibas.ch/45279/; https://edoc.unibas.ch/45279/; https://edoc.unibas.ch/45279/1/Strobel%20etal%202016_CHEM38908R1.pdf; 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 bioa...