Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in recent sediments and mussels (Mytilus edulis) from the Western Baltic Sea: occurrence, bioavailability and seasonal variations

Effects of the Erika Oil Spill on the Common Starfish Asterias rubens, Evaluated by Field and Laboratory Studies

“…Benzo(a)pyrene is more reactive and oxidizable than benzo(e)pyrene (Baumard et al 1999) and the observation of benzo(a)pyrene biotransformation is in agreement with the study of den Besten et al (1993) where benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylase activity (BPH) was enhanced in the A. rubens pyloric caeca microsomes in the days immediately following injection of benzo(a)pyrene into the animals. Moreover, the low transfer factors of PAHs (<1) in the pyloric caeca indicate that there was no biomagnification through the mussel-starfish trophic link.…”

Composition, sources, and potential toxicological significance of PAHs in the surface sediments of the Meiliang Bay, Taihu Lake, China

“…Concentration levels of total 16 PAHs in surface sediments from different locations in Meiliang Bay, Taihu Lake, were close to those found at the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea in China (877 -5730 ng/g) ( Table 1) (Ma et al, 2001) and higher than those found in sediments of some rivers in China, such as Yalujiang River (68 -1500 ng/g) (Wu et al, 2003) and Minjiang River Estuary (112 -877 ng/g) (Zhang et al, 2004a,b). However, the levels were lower than those reported in urbanized and industrialized areas, such as Pearl River (1434 -10,811 ng/g) (Mai et al, 2002), the Macao Harbor (294 -12,714 ng/g) (Mai et al, 2002), the Kiel Harbor (3 -30,000 ng/g) (Baumard et al, 1999), and the Ý zmit Bay, Turkey (250 -25,000 ng/g) (Tolun et al, 2001). …”

Bioaccumulation of PAHs in Padina boryana Alga Collected from a Contaminated Site on the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia

“…Baumard et al [20] found that the blue mussels sampled in the western Baltic Sea were enriched in LMW PAHs. Thus, the presence of higher LMW PAHs in marine biota is due to their ability to be selectively uptaken [16].…”