A summary of PCB levels in tissues of different species from the eastern Adriatic (Croatia) reported over the last 20 years
| Species (year of sampling, n) | Concentrations (ng/g of wet mass unless otherwise indicated) | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (93.7–234.9b | |
| 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 | ||