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HERO ID

2198013

Reference Type

Technical Report

Title

Chlorinated hydrocarbons in salmon netted in Gdansk Bay, Baltic Sea (Poland)

Author(s)

Falandysz, J

Year

1982

Report Number

HEEP/83/12814

Volume

Issue

Page Numbers

219-224

Abstract

HEEP COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. Salmon (Salmo salar), 34-87 cm long, were netted in Gdansk Bay, between Dec. 1980 and March 1981, and analyzed for hexachlorobenzene (HCB), isomers of BHC, DDT analogs and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB). The mean PCB content was 0.44 (0.098-1.3) mg/kg on a wet weight basis, followed by SIGMADDT: 0.058 (0.024-0.12), HCB: 0.039 (0.001-0.0073), gamma-BHC: 0.037 (0.0075-0.12) and alpha-BHC; 0.0092 (0.0044-0.020). The concentration of SIGMADDT and lipid content in fish muscles were independent of the length of the fish. The concentrations of HCB, p,p'-DDE and PCB and PCB ratios correlated to the length of the fish (at 0.01 level).