Assay of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Bioaccumulation from Sediments by Marine Benthic Copepods Using a Novel Microextraction Technique

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 28; no. 9; pp. 1609 - 1614
• Main Authors: Wirth, Edward F, Chandler, G. Thomas, DiPinto, Lisa M, Bidleman, Terry F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 01.09.1994
• Subjects: Amphiascus tenuiremis; AMPHIASCUS TENUREMIS; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; ANTHROPOGENIC SOIL TYPES; Applied ecology; BIFENILOS POLICLORADOS; Bioaccumulation; Biological and medical sciences; CAROLINA DEL SUR; CAROLINE DU SUD; COPEPODA; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on protozoa and invertebrates; Environmental monitoring; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Marine biology; MICROARTHRIDION LITTORALE; PCB; POLLUTED SOILS; POLLUTION DU SOL; POLUCION DEL SUELO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORURE DE BIPHENYLE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTO; Sediments; Shellfish; SOIL POLLUTION; SOL ANTHROPOGENE; SOUTH CAROLINA; TIPOS ANTROPOGENICOS DE SUELOS; United States; North America; South Carolina; America; Brackish water environment; Burrower; Marine sediments; Polychlorobiphenyl; Crustacea; Marine environment; Tissue; Meiobenthos; Arthropoda; Copepoda; Extraction; Technique; Invertebrata; Biological accumulation
• ISSN: 0013-936X; 1520-5851
• DOI: 10.1021/es00058a012

A novel microextraction technique was used to measure the bioaccumulation of PCBs from sediments by two benthic marine copepods, Amphiascus tenuiremis and Microarthridion littorale. The technique allows for the quantification of PCBs in very small sample masses.