1. PCB and PBDE levels in wild common carp (Cyprinus carpio) from eastern Lake Erie.
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Pérez-Fuentetaja A, Lupton S, Clapsadl M, Samara F, Gatto L, Biniakewitz R, and Aga DS
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- Animals, Carps blood, Carps growth & development, Endocrine Disruptors blood, Endocrine Disruptors metabolism, Endocrine Disruptors toxicity, Fresh Water chemistry, Gonads drug effects, Gonads metabolism, Great Lakes Region, Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers blood, Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers toxicity, Liver metabolism, Male, Muscles metabolism, Polychlorinated Biphenyls blood, Polychlorinated Biphenyls toxicity, Water Pollutants blood, Water Pollutants toxicity, Carps metabolism, Environmental Monitoring, Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers metabolism, Polychlorinated Biphenyls metabolism, Water Pollutants metabolism
- Abstract
Male common carp (Cyprinus carpio) from eastern Lake Erie, which is greatly effected by urbanization, agriculture, and industry, were analyzed for PCB and PBDE concentrations in plasma, muscle, and liver to evaluate exposure to these chemicals through habitat interactions. Additional male carp from two nearby relatively clean lakes (Bear Lake and Hemlock Lake, NY) were also sampled as controls. While PCBs were detected in muscle, liver, and plasma of Lake Erie carp, the largest concentrations were found in muscle, which also had the most number of congeners. The dominant congeners were PCB 138 and PCB 153. Concentrations of PCB 153 in the muscle were correlated with fish length, total weight, and age. Therefore, larger (and generally older) carp had the highest concentrations of PCB 153. In contrast, PBDEs were found only in muscle with the predominant congener being PBDE 47. The total PCB concentrations in muscle of male carp from eastern Lake Erie (ranging from nd to 15,000 ng g(-1) lipid) were 100-fold higher than the total PBDE observed (1.5-100 ng g(-1) lipid), indicating a higher level of contamination of PCBs in Lake Erie. The high PCB levels in carp points to PCB resistance to metabolic degradation., (Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2010
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