TY - JOUR
T1 - Global pollution monitoring of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), furans (PCDFs) and coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls (coplanar PCBs) using skipjack tuna as bioindicator
AU - Ueno, Daisuke
AU - Watanabe, Mafumi
AU - Subramanian, Annamalai
AU - Tanaka, Hiroyuki
AU - Fillmann, Gilberto
AU - Lam, Paul K.S.
AU - Zheng, Gene J.
AU - Muchtar, Muswerry
AU - Razak, Hamidah
AU - Prudente, Maricar
AU - Chung, Kyu-Hyuck
AU - Tanabe, Shinsuke
PY - 2005/7
Y1 - 2005/7
N2 - In order to elucidate the global distribution of dioxins and related compounds, such as PCDDs, PCDFs and coplanar PCBs, levels of these compounds were determined in the muscle of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) collected from the offshore waters and open seas near Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Seychelles and Brazil, and the Japan Sea, the East China Sea, the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean. PCDDs, PCDFs and coplanar PCBs were detected in almost all the specimens collected from all the locations surveyed, indicating widespread contamination by these compounds in the marine environment. Higher concentrations of dioxins and coplanar PCBs were detected in the samples from temperate Asian regions, plausibly due to larger usage and anthropogenic generation in highly industrialized countries around the East China Sea and the South China Sea, such as Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and coastal China. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
AB - In order to elucidate the global distribution of dioxins and related compounds, such as PCDDs, PCDFs and coplanar PCBs, levels of these compounds were determined in the muscle of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) collected from the offshore waters and open seas near Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Seychelles and Brazil, and the Japan Sea, the East China Sea, the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean. PCDDs, PCDFs and coplanar PCBs were detected in almost all the specimens collected from all the locations surveyed, indicating widespread contamination by these compounds in the marine environment. Higher concentrations of dioxins and coplanar PCBs were detected in the samples from temperate Asian regions, plausibly due to larger usage and anthropogenic generation in highly industrialized countries around the East China Sea and the South China Sea, such as Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and coastal China. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
KW - Fish
KW - Offshore water and open sea
KW - Organochlorine
KW - POPs
KW - TEQs
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U2 - 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.12.036
DO - 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.12.036
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
C2 - 15840538
SN - 0013-9327
VL - 136
SP - 303
EP - 313
JO - Environmental Pollution
JF - Environmental Pollution
IS - 2
ER -
