Organochlorine pesticides accumulated by SPMD-based virtual organisms and feral fish in Three Gorges Reservoir, China

Environ Pollut. 2015 Jul:202:160-7. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.03.031. Epub 2015 Mar 30.

Abstract

Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) accumulated by semipermeable membrane device (SPMD) -based virtual organisms (VOs) and local feral fish were studied in Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR), China. VOs were deployed at seven sites in TGR for two periods in 2009 and 5 species of fish with different living habitats and feeding habits collected in the same periods from two counties in TGR. 28 OCPs were analyzed and the concentration and profile of OCPs in fish were quite different from those in VOs. The lipid-based concentrations of OCPs in fish ranged from 225.7 ng/g lw to 1996.4 ng/g lw which were much higher than those in VOs which ranged from 17.3 to 112.4 ng/g lw. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs) were the prevalent OCPs in the investigated fish, while hexachlorobenzene (HCB) was the dominant compound in VOs. DDT in the few fish sample analyzed was not of concern based on chemical contaminant limits of non-carcinogenic effect.

Keywords: Fish muscle; Organochlorine pesticide; Three Gorges Reservoir; Virtual organism.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • China
  • Environmental Monitoring / methods*
  • Fishes / metabolism*
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / analysis*
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / pharmacokinetics
  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Muscle, Skeletal / chemistry
  • Pesticides / analysis*
  • Pesticides / pharmacokinetics
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / pharmacokinetics
  • Water Resources*

Substances

  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Pesticides
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical