Determining biotransformation rates of PAH in fish using a static exposure system
Conference
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OSTI ID:49467
- Utrecht Univ. (Netherlands)
- NICM, The Hague (Netherlands)
In-order to quantify the influence of biotransformation on bioconcentration, juvenile fathead minnows were exposed to aqueous solutions of PAH under static conditions. During the two days of exposure both fish and water samples were taken and analyzed to determine the change in PAH concentrations in both phases with time. A numerical mathematical model was developed to calculate uptake rate constants (k{sub 1}), physico-chemical elimination rate constants (k{sub m}) and biotransformation rate constants (k{sub 2}) from concentrations in fish and water. The model assumes that biotransformation is the only process that is responsible for loss of PAH from the fish-water system. Control experiments were performed to correct for evaporation, degradation and sorption. Of the PAH tested so far (naphthalene, anthracene, phenanthrene, fluoranthene and benzo[a]anthracene) the influence of biotransformation on bioconcentration is most significant for benzo[a]anthracene and fluoranthene. Biotransformation reduced the bioconcentration of benz[a]anthracene with about an order of magnitude.
- OSTI ID:
- 49467
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9410273--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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