PMID- 27456696
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20161229
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1573-2959 (Electronic)
IS  - 0167-6369 (Linking)
VI  - 188
IP  - 8
DP  - 2016 Aug
TI  - PCBs in fish and their cestode parasites in Lake Victoria.
PG  - 483
LID - 10.1007/s10661-016-5483-0 [doi]
AB  - Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are classified as persistent organic pollutants 
      (POPs) regulated by the Stockholm Convention (2001). Although their production 
      and use was stopped almost three decades ago, PCBs are environmental persistent, 
      toxic, and bioaccumulate in biota. We assessed the levels of 7 PCB congeners 
      (IUPAC nos. 28, 52, 101, 118, 138, 153, and 180) in sediment and fish 
      (Oreochromis niloticus, Lates niloticus, and Rastrineobola argentea) and 
      evaluated the potential of cestode fish endoparasite (Monobothrioides sp., 
      Proteocephalaus sp., and Ligula intestinalis) as biomonitors of PCBs in Lake 
      Victoria, Kenya. The median concentration of Sigma7PCBs in sediments and fish were 
      2.2-96.3 mug/kg dw and 300-3,000 mug/kg lw, respectively. At all the sampling 
      sites, CB138, CB153, and CB180 were the dominant PCB congeners in sediment and 
      fish samples. Compared to the muscle of the piscine host, Proteocephalaus sp. 
      (infecting L. niloticus) biomagnified PCBs x6-14 while Monobothrioides sp. 
      (infecting O. niloticus) biomagnified PCBs x4-8. Meanwhile, L. intestinalis 
      (infecting R. argentea) biomagnified PCBs x8-16 compared to the muscle of 
      unparasitized fish. We demonstrate the occurrence of moderate to high levels of 
      PCB in sediments and fish in Lake Victoria. We also provide evidence that fish 
      parasites bioaccumulate higher levels of PCBs than their piscine hosts and 
      therefore provide a promising biomonitor of PCBs. We urge further a long-term 
      study to validate the use of the above cestode fish parasites as biomonitoring 
      tools for PCBs.
FAU - Oluoch-Otiego, John
AU  - Oluoch-Otiego J
AD  - Division of Environmental Health, School of Environmental Studies, University of 
      Eldoret, P.O. Box 1125, Eldoret, Kenya.
FAU - Oyoo-Okoth, Elijah
AU  - Oyoo-Okoth E
AD  - School of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Department of Natural 
      Resource, Karatina University, P.O. Box 1957-10101, Karatina, Kenya. 
      elijaoyoo2009@gmail.com.
FAU - Kiptoo, Kipkorir Koross Godfrey
AU  - Kiptoo KK
AD  - Division of Environmental Health, School of Environmental Studies, University of 
      Eldoret, P.O. Box 1125, Eldoret, Kenya.
FAU - Chemoiwa, Emily J
AU  - Chemoiwa EJ
AD  - Department of Biological Sciences, University of Eldoret, P.O. Box 1125, Eldoret, 
      Kenya.
FAU - Ngugi, Charles C
AU  - Ngugi CC
AD  - Department of Agricultural Resource Management, Kenyatta University, School of 
      Agriculture and Enterprise Development, P.O. Box 43844-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
FAU - Simiyu, Gelas
AU  - Simiyu G
AD  - Division of Environmental Health, School of Environmental Studies, University of 
      Eldoret, P.O. Box 1125, Eldoret, Kenya.
FAU - Omutange, Elijah S
AU  - Omutange ES
AD  - Department of Technology Education, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya, P.O. Box 
      1125, Eldoret, Kenya.
FAU - Ngure, Veronica
AU  - Ngure V
AD  - Department of Biological Sciences, Laikipia University, Nyahururu, P.O. Box 
      1100-20300, Kenya.
FAU - Opiyo, Mary A
AU  - Opiyo MA
AD  - Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, National Aquaculture Research 
      Development and Training Center, P.O. Box 451-10230, Sagana, Kenya.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160725
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Monit Assess
JT  - Environmental monitoring and assessment
JID - 8508350
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Cestoda/*chemistry/growth & development/metabolism
MH  - Cyprinidae/metabolism/*parasitology
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Kenya
MH  - Lakes/*chemistry
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Bioaccumulation
OT  - Biomagnification
OT  - Lake Victoria
OT  - Lipid content
OT  - PCBs
OT  - Parasite
EDAT- 2016/07/28 06:00
MHDA- 2016/12/31 06:00
CRDT- 2016/07/27 06:00
PHST- 2016/01/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/07/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/07/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/07/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/12/31 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s10661-016-5483-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s10661-016-5483-0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Monit Assess. 2016 Aug;188(8):483. doi: 10.1007/s10661-016-5483-0. Epub 
      2016 Jul 25.