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() Distribution of hydroxylated PCBs in fish from Canadian Areas of Concern around the Laurentian Great Lakes.
Ueno, Daisuke1, Campbell, Linda2, Darling, Colin1, Pacepavicius, Grazina1, Alaee, Mehran1, Muir, Derek1, Brown, S.1, 1 National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada2 School of Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
ABSTRACT- Areas of Concern (AOC) are designated sites around the Laurentian Great Lakes that have experienced heavy anthropogenic impacts and resulting high contaminant concentrations. As a part of a large project to evaluate endocrine status of fish from Canadian AOC sites, brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus ) and other fish species were collected. Because of their potential disruptive effects on mammalian and fish endocrine systems, hydroxylated PCBs (OH-PCBs) were included in the analysis suite. In 2001 to 2003, brown bullheads were sampled from a number of AOC sites and their associated reference sites. The dominant OH-PCB congener in most fish was the 4-OH-CB187, a heptachlorobiphenylol. Homolog analyses indicated that brown bullheads from Wheatley Harbor and its associated reference site, Hillman Marsh included tetrachlorobiphenylols to heptachlorobiphenylols, while Detroit River bullheads tended to contain only tetra- and pentachlorobiphenylols, with some trichlorobiphenylols observed in a few individuals. No mono- or dichlorobiphenylols were measured at current detection limits. Congener and homolog patterns in PCBs and OH-PCBs in brown bullheads from different AOC sites will be compared with each other and with those for other fish species and lakes.
Key words: phenolic compounds, OH-PCB, bioaccumulation, fish