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Bioconcentration of PCBs in the pelagic food chain of the Ross Sea

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In this study was measured mean PCB concentration (the sum of 50 congeners) in Ross Sea phytoplankton (mainly diatoms) and mixed zooplankton (copepods, amphipods and krill) of 1 and 4.2 ng g–1 wet wt. respectively.

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Although the percentage of each congener was a small percentage of the total PCB content (<10 %) in seawater, phytoplankton showed a remarkable increase in PCBs 153, 138, 180 and 195.

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