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