PCDD/Fs in sprat (Sprattus sprattus balticus) from the Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea

Mart Simm; Ott Roots; Jonne Kotta; Ain Lankov; Bernhard Henkelmann; Heqing Shen; Karl Werner Schramm

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.03.058

PCDD/Fs in sprat (Sprattus sprattus balticus) from the Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea

Mart Simm
, Ott Roots
, Jonne Kotta
, Ain Lankov
, Bernhard Henkelmann
, Heqing Shen
, Karl Werner Schramm

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Abstract

The concentrations and congeners pattern of the polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) were determined in sprat collected by the commercial catches in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea. Based on the toxic equivalent concentrations 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF prevailed among the congeners of PCDD/Fs. The significance of age- and season-specific relationship between the concentration of lipids and dioxins was demonstrated. On lipid weight basis the concentration of PCDDs was significantly higher in spring than in autumn. This difference was not statistically significant for PCDFs. On lipid weight basis the concentration of dioxins decreased with rising content of lipids. PCDD/Fs toxic equivalent concentration increased with the age of sprat exceeding the EU maximum limit value at more than 5-year-old fish.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1570-1575
Number of pages	6
Journal	Chemosphere
Volume	65
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.03.058
State	Published - Nov 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Baltic Sea
Lipid content
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins
Polychlorinated dibenzofurans
Sprat

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PCDD/Fs in sprat (Sprattus sprattus balticus) from the Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea

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