Ocorrência de PCBs, PBDEs e pesticidas organiclorados em Prionace glauca da costa sul brasileira / Ocurrence of PCBs, PBDEs and organochlorine pesticides in Prionace glauca from Braziliam south coast

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

29/06/2009

RESUMO

There are many studies about the occurrence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the marine environment using sharks as bioindicators. However, there is still a lack of data of POPs in those organisms in Brazil. The goal of this research was to investigate the occurrence and behavior of PCBs, organochlorine pesticides and PBDEs in the marine environment, using sharks as indicators. Muscle and liver of twenty blue-sharks (Prionace glauca) were collected in august-september 2008. The PCBs were the predominant pollutants and being present in 80% of samples, with concentrations ranging from

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ddts ddts organochlorine pesticides pbdes pbdes pcbs pcbs pesticidas organoclorados prionace glauca prionace glauca sharks tubarões.

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