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C) Body Burden Residues in Fish: Typical, Elevated, or
of Concern Related to the Well-being of the Organism
Itself.
Details of naphthalene content (mg/kg or ppm) in
salmon carcass (fatty viscera removed, so the
concentrations may have been higher from whole body
samples) from Snug Harbor, Alaska, an area heavily
oiled by the Exxon Valdez Crude Oil, 4/15/89 [971]:
Note: Concurrent measurements of water
quality, as well as equilibrium partitioning
estimates of water quality based on
concentrations in fish and mussels, both
confirm that PAH concentrations did not exceed
water quality criteria at the time these
concentrations were measured in fish tissues
[971]. These values are wet weight (Jerry
Neff, Battelle Ocean Sciences, Duxbury, MA,
personal communication 1996):
Naphthalene: 7.15 ug/kg = ppb
C1-Naphthalene: 65.11 ug/kg = ppb
C2-Naphthalene: 29.75 ug/kg = ppb
C3-Naphthalene: 93.95 ug/kg = ppb
C4-Naphthalene: 36.63 ug/kg = ppb
The naphthalene concentration in mosquitofish with
extremely elevated total PAH concentrations (60.79
mg/kg) was 0.19 mg/kg [201].
Concentrations of 0.22 ug/g in fish muscle, 0.24 in
fish fat, and 50 ug/ml naphthalene/ phenanthrene
metabolites in fish bile were found at Canadian and
American creosote-contaminated sites [864].
Fish/Seafood Concentrations [366]:
Pike from Detroit River, and Carp and Pike
from Hamilton Harbor - detected, not
quantified, Lake Trout from Lake Superior -
detected, not quantified, estimated conc range
detected - 0.01 to 5 ppm(1). Cepangopaludina
chinensis, Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton
Ontario - < 0.01 ppb(2). Polycheates 4.2 to
5.5 ppm, clam 0.43 ppm(3). Mussels,
Saudalfjord, Norway suggested source - ferro
alloy smelter, 4 stations - not detected(4).
Mussels sampled near the Bekkelaget sewage
treatment plant, Oslo, Norway - not
detected(5). Southern Norway Coast, mussels, 7
of 9 samples pos, trace to 516 ppb; various