PMID- 10705541
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20000411
LR  - 20190905
IS  - 0045-6535 (Print)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 40
IP  - 6
DP  - 2000 Mar
TI  - The deep-sea as a final global sink of semivolatile persistent organic 
      pollutants? Part I: PCBs in surface and deep-sea dwelling fish of the north and 
      south Atlantic and the Monterey Bay Canyon (California).
PG  - 651-60
AB  - The understanding of the global environmental multiphase distribution of 
      persistent organic pollutants (POPs) as a result of the physico-chemical 
      properties of the respective compounds is well established. We have analysed the 
      results of a vertical transport of POPs from upper water layers (0-200 m) to the 
      deepwater region (> 800 m) in terms of the contamination of the biophase in both 
      water layers. The contents of persistent organochlorine compounds like 
      polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in fish living in the upper water layers of the 
      North Atlantic and the South Atlantic, and at the continental shelf of California 
      (Marine Sanctuary Monterey Bay and its deep-sea Canyon) are compared to the 
      levels in deep-sea or bottom dwelling fish within the same geographic area. The 
      deep-sea biota show significantly higher burdens as compared to surface-living 
      species of the same region. There are also indications for recycling processes of 
      POPs--in this case the PCBs--in the biophase of the abyss as well. It can be 
      concluded that the bio- and geo phase of the deep-sea may act similarly as the 
      upper horizons of forest and grasslands on the continents as an ultimate global 
      sink for POPs in the marine environment.
FAU - Froescheis, O
AU  - Froescheis O
AD  - Department of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, University of Ulm, Germany.
FAU - Looser, R
AU  - Looser R
FAU - Cailliet, G M
AU  - Cailliet GM
FAU - Jarman, W M
AU  - Jarman WM
FAU - Ballschmiter, K
AU  - Ballschmiter K
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Atlantic Ocean
MH  - California
MH  - Ecosystem
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/methods
MH  - *Fishes
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
EDAT- 2000/03/08 09:00
MHDA- 2000/04/15 09:00
CRDT- 2000/03/08 09:00
PHST- 2000/03/08 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/04/15 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2000/03/08 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0045-6535(99)00461-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0045-6535(99)00461-0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2000 Mar;40(6):651-60. doi: 10.1016/s0045-6535(99)00461-0.