PMID- 16457918
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20061212
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 0269-7491 (Print)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 141
IP  - 3
DP  - 2006 Jun
TI  - Low levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in New Zealand eels reflect 
      isolation from atmospheric sources.
PG  - 532-8
AB  - Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organic pesticides (i.e., DDTs) were 
      measured in long finned eels (Anguilla dieffenbachii) in 17 streams on the west 
      coast of South Island, New Zealand. Very low levels of PCBs and low levels of 
      ppDDE were found. The concentrations of PCBs and ppDDE were not correlated within 
      sites indicating that different processes determined the levels of the two 
      pollutants in New Zealand eels. The PCBs probably originate from atmospheric 
      transport, ppDDE levels are determined by land use and are higher in agriculture 
      areas. The low contamination level of these aquatic systems seems to be a 
      function of a low input from both long and short-range transport as well as few 
      local point sources. No correlation could be found between lipid content and 
      persistent organic pollutants (POPs) concentration (as shown in previous studies) 
      in the eels which could be explained by low and irregular intake of the 
      pollutants.
FAU - Holmqvist, Niklas
AU  - Holmqvist N
AD  - Department of Ecology, Section of Ecotoxicology, Ecology Building, Lund 
      University, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden. niklas.holmqvist@ekol.lu.se
FAU - Stenroth, Patrik
AU  - Stenroth P
FAU - Berglund, Olof
AU  - Berglund O
FAU - Nystrom, Per
AU  - Nystrom P
FAU - Olsson, Karin
AU  - Olsson K
FAU - Jellyman, Don
AU  - Jellyman D
FAU - McIntosh, Angus R
AU  - McIntosh AR
FAU - Larsson, Per
AU  - Larsson P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20060207
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Eels
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Fresh Water
MH  - New Zealand
MH  - Pesticides/*analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis
EDAT- 2006/02/07 09:00
MHDA- 2006/12/13 09:00
CRDT- 2006/02/07 09:00
PHST- 2005/01/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2005/08/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/02/07 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/12/13 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/02/07 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0269-7491(05)00460-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.08.052 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2006 Jun;141(3):532-8. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.08.052. Epub 
      2006 Feb 7.