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dc.contributor.authorBatista, Joana-
dc.contributor.authorPato, Pedro-
dc.contributor.authorTavares, Sílvia-
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, Armando C.-
dc.contributor.authorPardal, M. A.-
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-19T13:24:54Z-
dc.date.available2014-05-19T13:24:54Z-
dc.date.issued2013-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10316/25748-
dc.description.abstractPolychlorinatedbiphenyls(PCBs)arelipophiliccontaminantsthattendtoaccumulateinorganisms.PCBs weredetectedin Chelon labrosus, Liza aurata and Liza ramada, alongdifferentagegroups. L. ramada presentedthehighestconcentration,anditincreasedwithage,whereas C. labrosus and L. aurata concentration remainedconstant. L. ramada high concentrationcanbeattributedtoitsecologicalniche, since thisspeciesisabletoaccumulatePCBsalongitsdifferentagegroupseveninlowenvironmental contamination conditions.PCBs101,118,138,149,153,170and180werethecongenersthatmore contributed tothesespeciescontamination,beingPCB138and153thecongenerswithhigher concentration. Mulletsareedibleinmanycountries,beingimportantin fisheries andaquaculture. L. ramada is themostcommonmulletforcaptureandhumanconsumption.Allspeciespresented concentrations belowtheregulationlimitestablishbytheEuropeanUnion,andthereforesafeforhuman consumption.por
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authorswishtothankallthecolleaguesthathelpedinthe field and laboratorywork.ThisworkwassupportedbyFCT(Fundaçãopara a CiênciaeTecnologia)throughaPhDgrantattributedtoJ.Baptista (SFRH/BD/48262/2008),fundedbyProgramaOperacionalPotencial HumanoofQRENPortugalandbythe Portuguesebudgetthroughthe Ministry ofScienceTechnologyandEducation.P.Patoacknowledgesa postdoctoralfellowshipfromFCT(SFRH/BPD/35068/2007).por
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.publisherElsevier Inc.por
dc.rightsopenAccesspor
dc.subjectPCBspor
dc.subjectChelon labrosuspor
dc.subjectLiza auratapor
dc.subjectLiza ramadapor
dc.subjectBioaccumulationpor
dc.subjectPublic healthpor
dc.titlePCB bioaccumulationin three mullet species — A comparison studypor
dc.typearticlepor
degois.publication.firstPage147por
degois.publication.lastPage152por
degois.publication.titleEcotoxicology and Environmental Safetypor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651313001541#por
dc.peerreviewedYespor
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.04.011-
degois.publication.volume94por
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crisitem.author.researchunitCFE - Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet-
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