First polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) monitoring in seawater, surface sediments and marine fish communities of the Persian Gulf: Distribution, levels, congener …

AR Jafarabadi, AR Bakhtiari, S Mitra, M Maisano… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent organic pollutants that, due to their high
toxicity, lipophilic property and widespread dispersal in the global environment, present a …

Evaluating polymeric sampling as a tool for predicting the bioaccumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls by fish and shellfish

SN Schmidt, RM Burgess - Environmental science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Recent research has shown that polymeric sampling data generally can predict the
bioaccumulation of hydrophobic organic contaminants by benthic and sessile invertebrates …

Aquatic global passive sampling (AQUA-GAPS) revisited: First steps toward a network of networks for monitoring organic contaminants in the aquatic environment

R Lohmann, D Muir, EY Zeng, LJ Bao, IJ Allan… - 2017 - ACS Publications
Organic contaminants, in particular persistent organic pollutants (POPs), adversely affect
water quality and aquatic food webs across the globe. As of now, there is no globally …

Distribution of organochlorine pesticides in fresh fish carcasses from selected estuaries in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, and the associated health risk …

C Olisah, OO Okoh, AI Okoh - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, gills and muscles tissue samples from 30 specimens of P. commersonnii and
22 specimens of M. cephalus obtained from Swartkops and Sundays River Estuaries …

Trophodynamic behavior of hydrophobic organic contaminants in the aquatic food web of a tidal river

MA Khairy, MP Weinstein… - Environmental science & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The bioaccumulation and biomagnification of sediment-bound hydrophobic organic
contaminants (HOCs) are of major concern for environmental and human health. In dynamic …

Persistent organic pollutants in marine fish from Yongxing Island, South China Sea: levels, composition profiles and human dietary exposure assessment

YX Sun, Q Hao, XR Xu, XJ Luo, SL Wang, ZW Zhang… - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
Little data is available on the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in
marine organisms from South China Sea (SCS). Five marine fish species were collected …

Geographic differences in persistent organic pollutant levels of yellowfin tuna

SCT Nicklisch, LT Bonito, S Sandin… - Environmental Health …, 2017 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Fish are a source of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the human diet.
Although species, trophic level, and means of production are typically considered in …

Effects of pollution on marine organisms

AJ Mearns, DJ Reish, PS Oshida, T Ginn… - Water Environment …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This review covers selected 2010 articles on the biological, chemical and physical effects of
natural and anthropogenic pollutants on marine and estuarine plants and animals. The …

In situ passive sampling of sediments in the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund site: Replicability, comparison with ex situ measurements, and use of data

JN Apell, PM Gschwend - Environmental pollution, 2016 - Elsevier
Superfund sites with sediments contaminated by hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs)
can be difficult to characterize because of the complex nature of sorption to sediments …

Freely dissolved PBDEs in water and porewater of an urban estuary

VP Sacks, R Lohmann - Environmental pollution, 2012 - Elsevier
Polyethylene passive samplers (PE) were deployed in Narragansett Bay, RI, to examine
freely dissolved concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in surface …