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ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
Volume 78, Issue -, Pages 225-231Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.11.029
Keywords
Calanus finmarchicus; Bioaccumulation; Phenanthrene; Benzo[a]pyrene
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- Statoil through the Statoil-ARCTOS Arctic Research Program (SAARP)
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With petroleum exploration and development expanding in the Arctic (AMAP, 2007) there is a need to obtain additional information on the ecotoxicology of Arctic organisms. Here we perform 192 h laboratory exposure experiments on the keystone Arctic zooplanktort species, Calanus finmarchicus. We trace the accumulation and depuration of two polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): phenanthrene and benzolalpyrene (B[a]P) using C-14 labeled PAH compounds. Copepods were not fed during the experiment, limiting uptake to diffusion processes alone. The lighter PAH compound, phenanthrene, accumulated rapidly in C. finmarchicus, reaching steady state within 96 h. The heavier PAH compound, B[a]P, accumulated more slowly and steady state was not reached within the 192 h exposure period. As expected, the bioconcentration factor (BCF) for B[a]P was higher than for phenanthrene in accordance with a higher octanol/water partition coefficient for B[a]P (log K-ow=:6.04) compared to phenanthrene (log K-ow=4.53). However, for both compounds, log BCF was lower than log K-ow that may indicate active biotransformation and excretion of the selected PAH compounds. These findings on the bio-uptake kinetics for petroleum hydrocarbons are essential for evaluating the potential consequences of an oil spill in the Arctic. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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