Source: Yates K, P Pollard, IM Davies, L Webster, CF Moffat. 2011. Application of silicone rubber passive samplers to investigate the bioaccumulation of PAHs by Nereis virens from marine sediments.. Environmental Pollution 159:3351-3356.
Study aim: "The availability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from marine sediments to the ragworm (Nereis virens) was studied. Concentrations of PAHs in pore waters were determined using silicone rubber passive samplers. Calculated bioconcentration factors confirmed that partitioning of PAHs between the lipid phase of the polychaetes and pore water is a passive process."
| 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 |
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| Alitta virens | PAHs (total) | Lab | 1.3 | N/R | 2.5 | N/R | 0.111 | -- | whole body | (N/I) (organism/sediment) | Natural | Forth/Tyne Mix | Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | No | 15 d | Table 3; FTS | steady state determined prior to exprmnt; sediment from estuary of the River Forth and River Tyne (dredged material) | N/A | BSAF2950 | doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.08.038 | Google Scholar |
| Alitta virens | PAHs (total) | Lab | 1.3 | N/R | 2.9 | N/R | 0.039 | -- | whole body | (N/I) (organism/sediment) | Natural | Loch Etive | Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | No | 15 d | Table 3; LE | steady state determined prior to exprmnt | N/A | BSAF2950 | doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.08.038 | Google Scholar |
| Alitta virens | PAHs (total) | Lab | 1.3 | N/R | 2.8 | N/R | 0.072 | -- | whole body | (N/I) (organism/sediment) | Natural | Aberdeen Harbour | Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | No | 15 d | Table 3; AH | steady state determined prior to exprmnt; sediment from Telford Dock | N/A | BSAF2950 | doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.08.038 | Google Scholar |