<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (HCB, DDT and its metabolites) and HCBD in mussels from Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) are aquatic organisms which are immobile so that the concentration of pollutants should primarily be considered as an indication of local levels of organochlorine compounds. Samples were collected from three areas of Black Sea coast of Bulgaria in summer 2015. The fifteen congeners of PCBs, HCB, HCBD, DDT and its metabolites DDE and DDD were performed by gas chromatography system with mass spectrometry detection. The metabolites DDE and DDD were found in all analyzed mussel samples, but PCBs were not detected in any sample. DDE concentrations were found in mussels from 1.09 to 1.63 ng/g wet weight. In mussel total DDT concentrations (2.14 ng/g ww) were found comparable to those in mussels, sampled in 2013 and 2014 (1.87 ng/g ww). The levels of DDTs and polychlorinated biphenyls in mussels from the Black Sea were found comparable to levels measured in the same molluscs from neighbor seas - Mediterranean Sea and Adriatic Sea.</abstract>

The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (HCB, DDT and its metabolites) and HCBD in mussels from Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) are aquatic organisms which are immobile so that the concentration of pollutants should primarily be considered as an indication of local levels of organochlorine compounds. Samples were collected from three areas of Black Sea coast of Bulgaria in summer 2015. The fifteen congeners of PCBs, HCB, HCBD, DDT and its metabolites DDE and DDD were performed by gas chromatography system with mass spectrometry detection. The metabolites DDE and DDD were found in all analyzed mussel samples, but PCBs were not detected in any sample. DDE concentrations were found in mussels from 1.09 to 1.63 ng/g wet weight. In mussel total DDT concentrations (2.14 ng/g ww) were found comparable to those in mussels, sampled in 2013 and 2014 (1.87 ng/g ww). The levels of DDTs and polychlorinated biphenyls in mussels from the Black Sea were found comparable to levels measured in the same molluscs from neighbor seas - Mediterranean Sea and Adriatic Sea.

Investigation about the presence of organochlorine pollutants in mussels from the Black Sea, Bulgaria

Department of Chemistry, Medical University - Varna, Marin Drinov 55, 9002 Varna, Bulgaria

Ovidius University Annals of Chemistry

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The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (HCB, DDT and its metabolites) and HCBD in...

Investigation about the presence of organochlorine pollutants in mussels from the Black Sea, Bulgaria

Publicado en línea: 28 jun 2016

Páginas: 8 - 12

Recibido: 20 abr 2016

Aceptado: 09 may 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/auoc-2016-0006

Palabras clave
mussels, polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine pesticides, Black Sea, Bulgaria

© Ovidius University Press

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Investigation about the presence of organochlorine pollutants in mussels from the Black Sea, Bulgaria

Publicado en línea: 28 jun 2016

Páginas: 8 - 12

Recibido: 20 abr 2016

Aceptado: 09 may 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/auoc-2016-0006

Palabras clavemussels, polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine pesticides, Black Sea, Bulgaria

© Ovidius University Press

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
mussels, polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine pesticides, Black Sea, Bulgaria