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Biota contamination by PCBs and trace metals in the freshwater estuary of the River Seine (France)

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We studied the impact of urban and industrial activity upon the occurrence and the distribution of pollutants in the fresh estuary of the River Seine. Contamination was investigated under dry weather conditions, by determination of PCB and trace metal levels upstream and downstream of Rouen and the pollutant content of organisms with different positions in the trophic web. PCB contents of roach were higher downstream than upstream of Rouen. Cd levels showed a regular four fold increase from upstream to downstream of Rouen. Cyprinidae (ablet, roach) showed similar PCB or even higher trace metal levels than their predators (Percidae). This result suggests that contaminated food intake was not the main pathway for pollutant accumulation.

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  1. Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Laboratoire ≪Hydrologie et Environnement≫, UMR 7619 Sisyphe, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Box 122, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252, Paris Cedex 05, France Tel

    Martine Blanchard, Marie Jeanne Teil, Anne-Marie Carru, Brigitte Garban, Donatienne Ollivon, André Chesterikoff & Marc Chevreuil

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Blanchard, M., Teil, M.J., Carru, AM. et al. Biota contamination by PCBs and trace metals in the freshwater estuary of the River Seine (France). Hydrobiologia 400, 149–154 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003715131607

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