Publications
Influence of trophic position on organochlorine concentrations and compositional patterns in a marine food web
Academic article
- Year of publication
- 2002
- Journal
- Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
- External websites
- Cristin
- Involved from NIVA
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Anders Ruus
- Contributors
- Anders Ruus, Karl Ugland, Janneche Utne Skaare
Summary
The accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), DDTs, chlordanes, hexachlorocyclohexanes, hexachlorobenzene and mirex was investigated in a marine food web from south eastern Norway. The food web consisted of the polychaete Nereis diversicolor, lesser sandeel (Ammodytes tobianus), three species of gobies (Gobiusculus, Pomatoschistus, Gobius), bullrout (Myoxocephalus scorpius), cod (Gadus morhua), herring gull (Larus argentatus) and harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). The results show that interspecies differences in organochlorine (OC) compositional patterns in the food web depend on several factors specific to both the chemicals and the organisms.