Source: Klosterhaus SL, PL Ferguson, GT Chandler. 2002. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon bioaccumulation by meiobenthic copepods inhabiting a superfund site: Techniques for micromass body burden and total lipid analysis. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21:2331-2337.
Study aim: "The objective of this study was to develop microtechniques for the extraction and quantification of PAHs and total lipids in field-collected meiobenthic copepods using samples sizes in the low microgram range."
| Genus Species | analyte | Study | Lipid % | ug/kg lipid | TOC % | ug/kg TOC | BSAFR | BSAFC | Tissue | Moisture | Sediment | Sediment Locale | Subdivision, Country | Chemical Spiked | EXP duration | Source; Station | Note | CAS | Reference | DOI | exit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microarthridion littorale | Benzo(a)anthracene | Field | 7.9 | N/I | 6.5 | N/I | 0.5 | -- | whole body | dry (organism/sediment) | Natural | Diesel Creek | South Carolina, United States of America | No | N/A | Table 2; gravid female | within Koppers Superfund; pooled individuals for tissue conc, lipid, and TOC | 56-55-3 | BSAF2776 | doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620211111 | Google Scholar |
| Microarthridion littorale | Fluoranthene | Field | 7.9 | N/I | 6.5 | N/I | 0.82 | -- | whole body | dry (organism/sediment) | Natural | Diesel Creek | South Carolina, United States of America | No | N/A | Table 2; gravid female | within Koppers Superfund; pooled individuals for tissue conc, lipid, and TOC | 206-44-0 | BSAF2776 | doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620211111 | Google Scholar |
| Microarthridion littorale | Benzo(a)pyrene | Field | 7.9 | N/I | 6.5 | N/I | 0.09 | -- | whole body | dry (organism/sediment) | Natural | Diesel Creek | South Carolina, United States of America | No | N/A | Table 2; gravid female | within Koppers Superfund; pooled individuals for tissue conc, lipid, and TOC | 50-32-8 | BSAF2776 | doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620211111 | Google Scholar |
| Microarthridion littorale | Benzo(a)pyrene | Field | 5.8 | N/I | 6.5 | N/I | 0.12 | -- | whole body | dry (organism/sediment) | Natural | Diesel Creek | South Carolina, United States of America | No | N/A | Table 2; nongravid female | within Koppers Superfund; BSAF pooled individuals | 50-32-8 | BSAF2776 | doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620211111 | Google Scholar |
| Microarthridion littorale | Fluoranthene | Field | 5.8 | N/I | 6.5 | N/I | 0.54 | -- | whole body | dry (organism/sediment) | Natural | Diesel Creek | South Carolina, United States of America | No | N/A | Table 2; nongravid female | within Koppers Superfund; pooled individuals for tissue conc, lipid, and TOC | 206-44-0 | BSAF2776 | doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620211111 | Google Scholar |
| Microarthridion littorale | Benzo(a)anthracene | Field | 5.8 | N/I | 6.5 | N/I | 0.44 | -- | whole body | dry (organism/sediment) | Natural | Diesel Creek | South Carolina, United States of America | No | N/A | Table 2; nongravid female | within Koppers Superfund; pooled individuals for tissue conc, lipid, and TOC | 56-55-3 | BSAF2776 | doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620211111 | Google Scholar |
| Microarthridion littorale | Benzo(a)pyrene | Field | 3.3 | N/I | 6.5 | N/I | 0.15 | -- | whole body | dry (organism/sediment) | Natural | Diesel Creek | South Carolina, United States of America | No | N/A | Table 2; male | within Koppers Superfund; pooled individuals for tissue conc, lipid, and TOC | 50-32-8 | BSAF2776 | doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620211111 | Google Scholar |
| Microarthridion littorale | Benzo(a)anthracene | Field | 3.3 | N/I | 6.5 | N/I | 0.4 | -- | whole body | dry (organism/sediment) | Natural | Diesel Creek | South Carolina, United States of America | No | N/A | Table 2; male | within Koppers Superfund; pooled individuals for tissue conc, lipid, and TOC | 56-55-3 | BSAF2776 | doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620211111 | Google Scholar |
| Microarthridion littorale | Fluoranthene | Field | 3.3 | N/I | 6.5 | N/I | 0.36 | -- | whole body | dry (organism/sediment) | Natural | Diesel Creek | South Carolina, United States of America | No | N/A | Table 2; male | within Koppers Superfund; pooled individuals for tissue conc, lipid, and TOC | 206-44-0 | BSAF2776 | doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620211111 | Google Scholar |