106
Table 31: Published concentrations of Echlordanes (ng/g lipid weight (lw) of rz'.v/rra/rv-nonachlor,
cis/trans-chlordane and oxychlordane) in fish from the North and Baltic Sea.
Species
Origin
Year
Tissue
E Chlordanes
[ng/g lw]
Herring b
Baltic Sea, Gotland
1978
Muscle
600
Herring 0
Baltic Sea, South-Sweden
1987
Muscle
183
Herring d
Baltic Sea, Golf of
Gdansk
1992
Muscle
34
Flounder 6
Baltic Sea, Golf of
Gdansk
1992
Whole fish
13
Cod 6
Baltic Sea, Golf of
Gdansk
1992
Whole fish
11
Mackerel f
North sea, German Bight
1993-1996
Muscle
5,5 a
North Sea
dab g
North Sea, Belgium
2001
Liver
2,5 a
This study
Baltic Sea (8), North Sea
(1)
2002-2003
Liver
11-47
a: in ng/g wet weight; b: Marvin et al. (2003); c: Jansson et al. (1993); d: Strandberg et al. (1998);
e: Falandysz et al. (2001); f: Karl et al. (1998); g: Voorspoels et al. (2004).
Table 32: Average concentrations ng/g (wet weight basis) and standard deviations of chlordane
compounds in sixteen livers from male (n=7) and female (n=9) cod from the Lofot Islands caught in 1995
(Karlsson et al, 2000).
Compound
Male
Concentration (ng/g wet weight)
Female
This Study
cA-Chlordane
53 + 24
48 + 15
2.711.1
frans-Chlordane
7.7+ 5.3
6.6+ 6.7
1.310.5
rz.v-Nonachlor
36+19
46 + 20
3.111.0
frans-Nonachlor
88 + 42
108 + 18
4.812.7
Oxychlordane
12 + 4.2
14 + 7.0
1.610.7
