PCB congeners in tissues of European otter (Lutra lutra)

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00199025· OSTI ID:6641336

Mason, C F; Ratford, J R ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Essex, Colchester (United Kingdom)

Otters (Lutra lutra) have declined over much of their European range during the past forty years and are now absent from large areas of the lowlands of Western Europe. The most likely cause of the decline is the effects of bioaccumulating contaminants, organochlorine pesticides and PCBs having been implicated. There have been several recent studies of organochlorine residues (pesticides and PCBs) in otter tissues and scats have been used to monitor residues in otter populations. However, only from The Netherlands have data on individual PCB congeners in otter tissues and scats been reported; this Dutch otter population is now extirpated. We report a survey of PCB congeners in samples of tissues and scats from several populations of otters. 21 refs., 3 tabs.

• OSTI ID: 6641336
• Journal Information: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (United States), Journal Name: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (United States) Vol. 53:4; ISSN 0007-4861; ISSN BECTA6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AROMATICS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
BODY
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
GLANDS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
LIVER
MAMMALS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
OTTERS
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
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