Prioritization based on risk assessment to study the bioconcentration and biotransformation of pharmaceuticals in glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) from the Adour estuary (Basque Country, France)

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Álvarez Mora, Iker, Bolliet, Valérie, López Herguedas, Naroa, Castro, Lyen, Anakabe Iturriaga, Eneritz, Monperrus, Mathilde Elisabeth, Etxebarria Loizate, Nestor
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: glass eel; contaminants of emerging concern; bioconcentration; biotransformation; suspect screening; HPLC-HRMS; Bayonne; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10810/58538; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120016

The presence of contaminants of emerging concern in the aquatic environment directly impacts water-living organisms and can alter their living functions. These compounds are often metabolized and excreted, but they can also be accumulated and spread through the food chain. The metabolized contaminan...