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Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in herring from the Southern Baltic, 1981

Organochlor-pesticide und Polychlorbiphenyle im Hering aus der südlichen Ostsee, 1981

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A total of 295 samples of muscle tissue from herring netted in 1981 in the southern part of the Baltic Sea were analysed for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), DDT and analogues (DDE and DDD), hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and isomers of benzenehexachloride (alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-BHC). The mean values obtained for herring muscle tissue relating to wet weight were: 8.6 μg HCB/kg, 12 μg alpha-BHC/kg, 20 μg gamma-BHC/kg, 41 μg p,p′-DDE/kg, 49 μg p,p′-DDD/kg, 30 μg p,p′DDT/kg, 120 μg εDDT/kg and 550 μg PCB/kg; beta-BHC was detectable in trace amounts and delta-BHC was not detected. Herring caught in the area under the direct influence of the Vistula River contained higher levels of εDDT in their muscles than those in the other regions investigated.

Significant positive recti linear correlations were found between the residue concentration of HCB, p,p′-DDE, p,p′-DDD and _εDDT in muscles and the body length of herring, and between the lipid content and the body length.

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295 Proben aus dem Muskelgewebe von Heringen, gefangen 1981 in der südlichen Ostsee, wurden auf polychlorierte Biphenyle (PCB), DDT und Analoge (DDE und DDD) Hexachlorbenzol (HCB) und die Isomere von Hexachlorcyclohexan (α-,ß-,γ- undδ-BHC) untersucht. Die mittleren Werte, bezogen auf das Frischgewicht des Heringsmuskels waren: 8,6 μg HCB/kg, 12 μg α-BHC/kg, 20 μgγ-BHC/kg, 41 μg p,p′-DDE/kg, 49 μg p,p′-DDD/kg, 30 μg p,p′-DDT/kg, 120 μg Gesamt-DDT/kg und 550 μg PCB/kg;ß-BHC wurde in Spuren undγ-BHC überhaupt nicht nachgewiesen. Heringe, die in unmittelbaren Einfluß des Vistula-Flusses gefangen wurden, hatten in ihren Muskeln höhere Werte an Gesamt-DDT verglichen mit denen anderer Regionen. Signifikante positive Korrelationen wurden zwischen den Rückständen an HCB, p,p′-DDE, p,p′-DDD und Gesamt-DDT im Muskel bzw. dem Lipidgehalt und der Länge des Herings gefunden.

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Falandysz, J. Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in herring from the Southern Baltic, 1981. Z Lebensm Unters Forch 179, 20–23 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01042849

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