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Relationship between bioavailability and hydrophobicity: Reduction of the uptake of organic chemicals by fish due to the sorption on particles
Author(s) -
Schrap S. Marca,
Opperhuizen Antoon
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.5620090604
Subject(s) - bioconcentration , sediment , environmental chemistry , bioavailability , sorption , chemistry , suspension (topology) , fish <actinopterygii> , pollutant , pesticide , bioaccumulation , ecology , fishery , biology , organic chemistry , adsorption , paleontology , bioinformatics , mathematics , homotopy , pure mathematics
The uptake of five chlorinated benzenes and three polychlorinated biphenyls by guppies ( Poecilia reticulata ) from a sediment suspension has been investigated. To examine the availability of these chemicals, the uptake from water has been compared to that from a sediment suspension. In the two experiments, i.e., with and without sediment being present, the total amount of the test compounds was the same. The only difference was that the chemicals were purely dissolved in the water in one system and partly sorbed on the sediment in the other. For all five chlorobenzenes bioconcentration factors are found to be reduced when fish are exposed in a sediment suspension. The reduction increased with increasing hydrophobicity of the compounds. A relationship is found between the amount sorbed on the sediment and the reduction of the bioconcentration factor. The same relationship was found from results of studies reported in the literature. This study also showed that small amounts of sediment can be present in the intestines of the fish when the fish are exposed in a sediment suspension. Depending on the affinity of the chemical for the sediment, the concentrations of the test compounds measured in the whole fish can be significantly influenced.