Accumulation of organochlorines and brominated flame retardants in estuarine and marine food chains: Field measurements and model calculations

Karin Veltman; Jan Hendriks; Mark Huijbregts; Pim Leonards; Martine Van Den Heuvel-Greve; Dick Vethaak

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.04.011

Accumulation of organochlorines and brominated flame retardants in estuarine and marine food chains: Field measurements and model calculations

Karin Veltman^*, Jan Hendriks, Mark Huijbregts, Pim Leonards, Martine Van Den Heuvel-Greve, Dick Vethaak

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Food chain accumulation of organochlorines and brominated flame retardants in estuarine and marine environments is compared to model estimations and fresh water field data. The food chain consists of herbivores, detritivores and primary and secondary carnivores i.e. fish, fish-eating birds and marine mammals. Accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls is predicted well by OMEGA for herbi-detritivores and primary and secondary carnivorous fish. Ratios are similar to those found for fresh water species. Accumulation ratios for fish-eating birds and mammals are overestimated by the model, which is attributed partly to biotransformation of meta-para unsubstituted congeners. Additionally, birds may feed in other less polluted areas. For brominated diphenylethers (BDE) accumulation patterns are highly species and congener specific. Accumulation depends on both K_ow and metabolization capacities. BDE47 is the predominant congener in lower trophic levels. For marine birds and mammals accumulation ratios of BDE99 and 100 are similar to or higher than ratios of persistent PCBs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1085-1102
Number of pages	18
Journal	Marine Pollution Bulletin
Volume	50
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.04.011
Publication status	Published - Oct 2005

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The authors thank the following persons: Jan Boon (NIOZ), Joost Stronkhorst (DGW), Martin Eggens (RIKZ), Joop Bakker (RIKZ), Gert-Jan Zwolsman (KIWA), Belinda Kater (RIKZ) and Ton van der Zande (RIKZ) for providing monitoring data, Theo Traas (RIVM) for comments on the manuscript and Dick van Oevelen (NIOO) for information on marine food chains. Part of this study on accumulation of brominated flame retardants in the Netherlands is supported by the European Union project FIRE, contract no. QLTR-2001-00596. Appendix A

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Bioaccumulation
Brominated flame retardants
Food chain
Fugacity model
Marine environment
Organochlorines

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