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Fate of hydrocarbons in fish
Whittle, K.J.; Murray, J.M.; MacKie, P.R.; Hardy, R.; Farmer, J. (1977). Fate of hydrocarbons in fish. Rapp. et Proc.-Verb. Cons. Int. Explor. Mer 171: 139-142
In: Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions du Conseil Permanent International pour l'Exploration de la Mer. Conseil Permanent International pour l'Exploration de la Mer: Copenhague. ISSN 0074-4336
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McIntyre, A.D.; Whittle, K.J. (Ed.) (1977). Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Marine Environment: Proceedings from ICES Workshop held in Aberdeen 9-12 September 1975. Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions du Conseil Permanent International pour l'Exploration de la Mer, 171. Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer: Copenhagen. 7-230 pp., more
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Keywords
    Biological phenomena > Accumulation > Bioaccumulation
    Chemical compounds > Organic compounds > Hydrocarbons
    Pollution > Oil pollution
    Pollution effects
    Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Authors  Top 
  • Whittle, K.J.
  • Murray, J.M.
  • MacKie, P.R.
  • Hardy, R.
  • Farmer, J.
Abstract
    Juvenile herring (Clupea harengus) were fed an experimental diet of squid containing [ C]-labelled hexadecane and benzo[a]pyrene and the distribution of activity in various tissues and organs was assayed 43-45 h later. 24-25% of the activity fed was recovered in the tissues and organs examined but the distribution of activity in these was quite different for each hydrocarbon. Most of the hexadecane recovered was found in the muscle but most of the benzo[a]pyrene remained in the stomach.
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