PMID- 14674591
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040106
LR  - 20190906
IS  - 0090-4341 (Print)
IS  - 0090-4341 (Linking)
VI  - 45
IP  - 3
DP  - 2003 Oct
TI  - Global pollution monitoring of PCBs and organochlorine pesticides using skipjack 
      tuna as a bioindicator.
PG  - 378-89
AB  - Concentrations of organochlorines (OCs) representing persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs), such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyl 
      trichloroethane and its metabolites (DDTs), chlordane compounds (CHLs), 
      hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (HCHs), and hexachlorobenzene (HCB), were 
      determined in the liver of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) collected from the 
      offshore waters of various regions in the world (offshore waters around Japan, 
      Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Seychelles, and Brazil, and the Japan Sea, the 
      East China Sea, the South China Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the North Pacific 
      Ocean). OCs were detected in livers of all of the skipjack tuna collected from 
      the locations surveyed, supporting the thesis that there is widespread 
      contamination of persistent OCs in the marine environment. Within a location, no 
      significant relationship between growth-stage (body length and weight) and OC 
      concentrations (lipid weight basis) was observed, and the OC residue levels were 
      rather uniform among the individuals. Interestingly, the distribution of OC 
      concentrations in skipjack tuna was similar to those in surface seawaters from 
      which they were taken. These results suggest that OC concentrations in skipjack 
      tuna could reflect the pollution levels in seawater from which they are collected 
      and that this species is a suitable bioindicator for monitoring the global 
      distribution of OCs in offshore waters and the open ocean. Concentrations of PCBs 
      and CHLs in skipjack tuna were higher in offshore waters around Japan (up to 1100 
      and 250 ng/g lipid wt, respectively), suggesting the presence of sources of PCBs 
      and CHLs in Japan. High concentrations of DDTs and HCHs were observed in samples 
      from the Japan Sea, the East China Sea, the South China Sea, and the Bay of 
      Bengal (up to 1300 and 22 ng/g lipid wt, respectively). This result suggests 
      recent use of technical DDT and HCH for agricultural and/or public health 
      purposes in Russia, China, India, and some other developing Asian countries. 
      Relatively high concentrations of PCBs, CHLs, HCHs, and HCB were also observed in 
      samples collected from some locations in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 
      indicating the expansion of OC contamination on a global scale. Considering these 
      facts, continuous studies monitoring these compounds in offshore waters and the 
      open seas, using skipjack tuna as a bioindicator, are needed to further 
      understand the future trend of contamination.
FAU - Ueno, D
AU  - Ueno D
AD  - Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Bunkyo-cho 2-5, 
      Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan.
FAU - Takahashi, S
AU  - Takahashi S
FAU - Tanaka, H
AU  - Tanaka H
FAU - Subramanian, A N
AU  - Subramanian AN
FAU - Fillmann, G
AU  - Fillmann G
FAU - Nakata, H
AU  - Nakata H
FAU - Lam, P K S
AU  - Lam PK
FAU - Zheng, J
AU  - Zheng J
FAU - Muchtar, M
AU  - Muchtar M
FAU - Prudente, M
AU  - Prudente M
FAU - Chung, K H
AU  - Chung KH
FAU - Tanabe, S
AU  - Tanabe S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Arch Environ Contam Toxicol
JT  - Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology
JID - 0357245
RN  - 0 (Insecticides)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Body Burden
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Insecticides/analysis/*pharmacokinetics
MH  - Oceans and Seas
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis/*pharmacokinetics
MH  - *Tuna
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis/*pharmacokinetics
EDAT- 2003/12/17 05:00
MHDA- 2004/01/07 05:00
CRDT- 2003/12/17 05:00
PHST- 2003/12/17 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/01/07 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/12/17 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s00244-002-0131-9 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2003 Oct;45(3):378-89. doi: 
      10.1007/s00244-002-0131-9.