Prediction of the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in aquatic food webs

Voutsas, E; Magoulas, K; Tassios, D

dc.contributor.author	Voutsas, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Magoulas, K	en
dc.contributor.author	Tassios, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:18:14Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:18:14Z
dc.date.issued	2002	en
dc.identifier.issn	0045-6535	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/14883
dc.subject	Bioavailability	en
dc.subject	Biomagnification	en
dc.subject	Food web	en
dc.subject	Octanol/water partition coefficient	en
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences	en
dc.subject.other	Biodiversity	en
dc.subject.other	Correlation methods	en
dc.subject.other	Dissolution	en
dc.subject.other	Food products	en
dc.subject.other	Organic pollutants	en
dc.subject.other	Water pollution	en
dc.subject.other	chlorinated hydrocarbon	en
dc.subject.other	octanol	en
dc.subject.other	organic compound	en
dc.subject.other	polychlorinated biphenyl	en
dc.subject.other	polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon	en
dc.subject.other	water	en
dc.subject.other	bioaccumulation	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	bioaccumulation	en
dc.subject.other	bioavailability	en
dc.subject.other	food web	en
dc.subject.other	partition coefficient	en
dc.subject.other	pollutant	en
dc.subject.other	prediction	en
dc.subject.other	animal	en
dc.subject.other	food chain	en
dc.subject.other	metabolism	en
dc.subject.other	water pollutant	en
dc.subject.other	Animal	en
dc.subject.other	Food Chain	en
dc.subject.other	Organic Chemicals	en
dc.subject.other	Water Pollutants, Chemical	en
dc.subject.other	Animals	en
dc.subject.other	cellular organisms	en
dc.title	Prediction of the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in aquatic food webs	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00144-3	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00144-3	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2002	en
heal.abstract	Predictive correlations of the bioaccumulation factor of persistent organic pollutants in aquatic biota are presented as functions of their octanol/water partition coefficient. The correlations demonstrate the importance of differentiating among the different levels in the food web and of accounting for the pollutant's bioavailability by considering the amount freely dissolved in water instead of the total concentration. They also reveal the significance of the pollutant's octanol/water partition coefficient value on its biomagnification along the levels of the trophic chain. Prediction results, finally, demonstrate that the correlations provide reasonably accurate estimates of bioaccumulation, typically within an order-of-magnitude. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.	en
heal.publisher	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD	en
heal.journalName	Chemosphere	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00144-3	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000177243400001	en
dc.identifier.volume	48	en
dc.identifier.issue	7	en
dc.identifier.spage	645	en
dc.identifier.epage	651	en