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Laboratory Estimation of Net Trophic Transfer Efficiencies of PCB Congeners to Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) from Its Prey
Published on: August 29, 2014
Brominated flame retardants in fish of Lake Geneva (Switzerland)
Zeinab Cheaib1, Dominique Grandjean, Thomas Kupper
1Central Environmental Laboratory, Environmental Science and Technology Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ENAC-ISTE-CEL, Station 2, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) were determined in fish (Salmo trutta forma lacustris) from Lake Geneva. Brominated flame retardants were detected in all nine samples with an average concentration for the sum of BDE-28, BDE-47, BDE-49, BDE-66, BDE-99, BDE-100, BDE-119, BDE-153, BDE-154 and BDE-209 of 207 ng per g lipid weight (ng g lw(-1)). The congener patterns were dominated by BDE-47. The average concentration of HBCD was 168 ng g lw(-1).
