Estimation of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) levels in livers of the otter (Lutra lutra) from concentrations in scats and fish

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 481-491

  Gutleb, A C ^a   Kranz, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Lutra lutra; Otter; PCB; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATIONS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; LIVER; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS;

EID: 0032171531     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005016914051     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Foster-Turley, P., Mason, C. F. and Macdonald, S. M.: 1990, Otters. An Action Plan for Their Conservation, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
2. Green, J., Green, R. and Jefferies, D. J.: 1984, Lutra 27, 85.
3. Gutleb, A. C.: 1992, IUCN Otter Spec. Group Bull. 7, 4.
4. Hlavac, V.: 1995, Vydra 6, 9.
5. Hornshaw, T. C., Aulerich, R. J. and Johnson, H. E.: 1983, J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 11, 10.
6. Jefferies, D. J. and Hanson, H. M.: 1987, The Vincent Wildlife Trust Report 1986, London, UK, 42.
7. Kranz, A.: 1995, On the Ecology of Otters (Lutra lutra) in Central Europe. Thesis, University of Agriculture, Vienna, Austria.
8. Kruuk, H. and Conroy, J. W. H.: 1996, Environ. Pollut. 92, 165.
9. Leonards, P. E. G., de Vries, Th. H., Minnaard, W., Stuijfzand, S., de Voogt, P., Cofino, W. P., van Straalen, N. M. and van Hattum, B. G. M.: 1995, Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 14, 639.
10. Leonards, P. E. G., Elmeros, M., Cofino, W. P., Conroy, J., Gutleb, A. C., Mason, C. F, Murk, A. J., Olsson, M., Smit, M., van Hattum, B., Madsen, A. B.: 1996, 'Toxic PCBs in European otter populations in relation to biological factors and health status', in Smit, M., Leonards, P. E. G., Murk, A. J., de Jongh, A. W. J. J. and van Hattum, B. (eds.): Development of otter-based quality objectives for PCBs, Dutch Otterstation Foundation, Institute for Environmental Studies, Department of Toxicology, Agricultural University, Wageningen. The Netherlands, pp. 47-62.
11. Mason, C. F: 1989, Lutra 32, 97.
12. Mason, C. F. and Macdonald, S. M.: 1986, Otters. Ecology and Conservation, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
13. Mason, C. F and Macdonald, S. M.: 1993a, Sci. Total Environ. 138, 127.
14. Mason, C. F and Macdonald, S. M.: 1993b, Sci. Total Environ. 138, 147.
15. Mason, C. F and Macdonald, S. M.: 1994, Sci. Total Environ. 144, 305.
16. Mason, C. F, Macdonald, S. M., Bland, H. C. and Ratford, J.: 1992, Water, Air, and Soil Pollut. 64, 617.
17. Mason, C. F and Madsen, A. B.: 1993, Sci. Total Environ. 133, 73.
18. Scheidl, L: 1992, Forschungsbericht des Bundesministeriums für Gesundheit, Sport und Konsumentenschutz 8/92, Vienna, Austria.
19. Smit, M. D.: 1990, Contamination of Sediment and Biota (Fish and Otter) with Micropollutants, Stichting Otterstation Nederland and Provincie Friesland, Hoofdgroep Waterstaat en Milieu, The Netherlands.
20. Smit, M. D., van Hattum, B. G. M., Leonards, P. E. G., Murk, A. J. and de Jongh, A. W J. J.: 1996a, 'Bioaccumulation of PCBs in Danish Otter Habitats', in Smit, M. D., Leonards, P. E. G., Murk, A. J., de Jongh, A. W. J. J., and van Hattum, B. G. M. (eds.), Development of Otter-Based Quality Objectives for PCBs, Dutch Otterstation Foundation, Institute for Environmental Studies, Department of Toxicology, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, pp. 7-31.
21. Smit, M. D., van Hattum, B. G. M., Leonards, P. E. G., Murk, A. J. and de Jongh, A. W. J. J.: 1996b, 'Modelling Biomagnification of PCBs in Otters', in Smit, M. D., Leonards, P. E. G., Murk, A. J., de Jongh, A. W. J. J., and van Hattum, B. G. M. (eds.), Development of Otter-Based Quality Objectives for PCBs. Dutch Otterstation Foundation, Institute for Environmental Studies, Department of Toxicology, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, pp. 33-45.
22. Wayre, P.: 1979, The Private Life of the Otter, Batsford, London, England.