Variation in net trophic transfer efficiencies among 21 PCB congeners
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Abstract
We tested the hypothesis that the efficiency with which fish retain polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners from their food strongly depends on Kow and degree of chlorination of the congener. We used diet information, determinations of concentrations of individual PCB congeners in both coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and their prey, and bioenergetics modeling to estimate the efficiencies with which Lake Michigan coho salmon retain various PCB congeners from their food. The retention efficiency for the tetrachloro congeners averaged 38%, whereas retention efficiencies for higher chlorinated congeners ranged from 43 to 56%. Not including tetrachloro congeners, we found neither decreasing nor increasing trends in the efficiencies with which the coho salmon retained the PCB congeners from their food with either increasing Kow or increasing degree of chlorination of the PCB congeners. We concluded that (a) for PCB congeners with 5−8 chlorine atoms/molecule, Kow and degree of chlorination had little influence on the efficiency with which coho salmon retained the various PCB congeners in their food, and (b) the efficiency with which coho salmon retained tetrachloro PCB congeners in their food appeared to be slightly lower than that for higher chlorinated PCB congeners.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Variation in net trophic transfer efficiencies among 21 PCB congeners |
| Series title | Environmental Science & Technology |
| DOI | 10.1021/es9903882 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 21 |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | ACS |
| Publisher location | Washington, DC, United States |
| Contributing office(s) | Great Lakes Science Center |
| Description | 7 p. |
| First page | 3768 |
| Last page | 3773 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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