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Bioaccumulation of PAHs from creosote-contaminated sediment in a laboratory-exposed freshwater oligochaete, Lumbriculus variegatus

Aimo OikariTarja Hyötyläinen

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Geologic SedimentsLumbriculus variegatusEnvironmental EngineeringHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisLumbriculidaeFresh Waterlaw.inventionchemistry.chemical_compoundlawpolycyclic compoundsAnimalsEnvironmental ChemistryTissue DistributionOligochaetaPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsBiotransformationCreosoteFinlandFluoranthenebiologyPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthSedimentEnvironmental ExposureGeneral MedicineGeneral ChemistryEnvironmental exposurebiology.organism_classificationPollutionCreosotechemistryOligochaetaBioaccumulationEnvironmental chemistryWater Pollutants Chemical

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The oligochaete, Lumbriculus variegatus, was used for a bioaccumulation assay in the creosote-contaminated sediment of Lake Jämsänvesi in a 28-day experiment. The PAH concentrations of the whole body tissue of worms, sediments and water samples were determinated by GC-MS. Chemical analyses showed that benzo(k)fluoranthene, anthracene and fluorene were the main PAH compounds present in the tissue of oligochaetes, just as in the sediment. The biota-sediment accumulation factors (BSAFs) of the individual PAHs varied from 1.2 to 5.7. It is concluded that oligochaetes have a marked ability to accumulate and retain PAHs from creosote-contaminated sediment.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2002-02-27Chemosphere
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.05.001