Evaluation of a first-order model for the prediction of the bioaccumulation of PCBs and DDT from sediment into the marine deposit-feeding clam Macoma nasuta
- Environmental Protection Agency, Newport, OR (United States). Coastal Ecology Branch
- Dyncorp, Newport, OR (United States). Hatfield Marine Science Center
A first-order model for predicting contaminant bioaccumulation from sediments into benthic invertebrates was validated using a marine deposit-feeding clam, Macoma nasuta, exposed to polychlorobiphenyl (PCB)-spiked and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)-contaminated sediments. Contaminant uptake and depuration were analyzed following short-term and long-term sediment exposures. Uptake and depuration rates were used to predict steady-state bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) and exposure times needed to attain steady state. These predictions were compared to observed steady-state BAFs. Estimating elimination and uptake rates from depuration and short-term uptake experiments was an accurate means of predicting BAFs for some PCBs but was not as accurate for predicting DDT BAFs. The exposure time need to attain steady state was poorly predicted by the model. The results demonstrated that a standard 28-d bioaccumulation test estimated steady-state tissue residues within two-fold and was a better predictor than the model for the BAFs of superlipophilic PCBs (log K{sub ow} > 7). Differences in contaminant bioavailability were noted between field-contaminated (DDT) and laboratory-spiked (PCB) sediments.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 514588
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 16, Issue 7; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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