Polychlorinated biphenyls in mussels, small pelagic fish, tuna, turtles, and dolphins from the Croatian Adriatic Sea waters: an overview of the last two decades of monitoring

Species (year of sampling, n)	Concentrations (ng/g of wet mass unless otherwise indicated)			Reference
Species (year of sampling, n)	ΣInd PCBs (median and range)	ΣToxRel PCBs (median and range)	ΣPCBs (median and range)
*Mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis)*
Wild (2006, 14)	27.39 (7.13–74.43)^a	9.7 (3.44–37.72)^a	35.98 (10.6–112.2)^a		(9)
Farmed (2010, 32)				(10)
Winter (January)	1.4 (0.88–12.27)	0.53 (0.25–1.91)	1.88 (1.12–14.11)
Summer (July)	3.99 (2.22–17.54)	1.49 (0.55–7.38)	5.87 (3.23–23.86)
*Mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis, Ostrea edulis, Venus verrucosa, Arca noae, Callista chione)*				(20)
Farmed and wild (2012, 13)
Autumn (November)	3.56 (1.43–14.35)^a
Spring (May)	4.21 (1.29–19.67)^a
Small pelagic fish (2014–2016, 105)				(18)
Horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)	0.70 (0.15–3.06)	0.32 (0.11–1.04)
Sardine (Sardina pilchardus)	2.96 (0.43–9.63)	1.30 (0.26–5.54)
Round sardinella (Sardinella aurita)	0.57 (0.31–1.3)	0.26 (0.16–0.47)
Chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus)	0.80 (0.1–1.69)	0.39 (0.09–0.69)
Anchovy (Engraulisen crasicolus)	0.38 (0.2–2.35)	0.26 (0.12–0.92)
*Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)*
Wild (1996, 9)				(15)
White muscle	838 (413–1184)^b	378 (132–616)^b	1155 (545–1800)^b
Farmed (2015, 7)				(14)
Liver (n=6)	31.40 (15.85–38.84)	10.03 (4.33–11.32)	41.43 (20.18–50.16) 80.3 (78.4–116.0)^b
Muscle (n=7)	19.39 (10.54–36.75)	6.33 (3.62–8.81)	24.43 (14.16–45.50) 148.14 (93.7–234.9^b
Branchiae (n=7)	6.66 (3.99–10.02)	2.93 (1.51–3.92)	9.34 (6.45–13.69)
*Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) (2001–2002, 26)*				(8)
	260 (126–2587)^c		312 (177–2934)^c
	538 (184–4036)^b		655 (274–4577)^b
*Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) (2000–2005, 13)*				(11)
Blubber (n=13)	10899 (391–51619)		16904 (704–71913) 49 (2–494)^d
Liver (n=10)	271 (63–1544)		480 (167–2504) 74 (4–676)^d
Kidney (n=7)	204 (41–1825)		365 (63–2621) 209 (29–3744)^d
Lung (n=7)	232 (57–688)		391 (193–964) 92 (37–1383)^d
Muscle (n=12)	240 (22–6621)		413 (42–9031) 122 (20–557)^d
Heart (n=8)	78 (58–1634)		253 (110–2303) 305 (9–2661)^d

n=number of samples.

a in ng/g dry mass;

b in ng/g lipid mass;

c in ng/g fat tissue wet mass;

d in mg/kg lipid mass

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2024-75-3814 | Journal eISSN: 1848-6312 (formerly 0004-1254) | Journal ISSN: 0004-1254

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Language: English, Croatian

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Submitted on: Jan 1, 2024

Accepted on: Mar 1, 2024

Published on: Mar 29, 2024

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Keywords:

artificial intelligence,

environmental pollution,

explainable artificial intelligence,

marine environment,

Mediterranean Sea,

PCBs,

persistent organic pollutants,

POPs

Related subjects:

Medicine,

Basic medical science,

Basic medical science, other

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