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Title:  Organochlorine contaminants in flounder (Platichthys flesus) and mullet (Mugil cephalus) from Dourno estuary, and their use as sentinel species for environmental monitoring.
 
Authors:  Ferreira M, Antunes P, Gil O, Vale C, Reis-Henriques MA.
 
Drug:  PCB-(2,2,5,5 Tetrachlorobiphenyl)
 
Fish species:  Flounder, European
 
Date:  2004
 
Sample:  liver
 
Water:  Saltwater
 
Dosage:  Wildlife-natural exposure
 
Route:  BATH
 
Comments:  Residues in 2001, ng/g, May =750, June=811, Sept=415, %lipid in liver May=45, June=54, Sept=47. No significant reduction in residues if given 1 month depuration in tank water salinity 20 ppt. Hepatic EROD activity 10x higher in mullet than flounder.
 
Citation:  Aquatic Toxicology 69:347-357.
 
Link:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2004.06.005  Opens a new window
 
Genus Species:  Platichthys flesus
 
Drug Class:  Organic-Chlorinated
 
Wt gm-detail:  not specified
 
Water temp (°C)-detail:  Not specified
 
Dosage-detail:  exposed in the wild
 
Method:  GC
 
Authors-red:  Ferreira M, Antunes P, Gil O, Vale C, Reis-Henriques MA.
 
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