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Experiments were carried out on the bioconcentration and biotransformation of 14C-hexachlorocyclohexane and 14C-hexachlorobenzene in the necrophagous Antarctic amphipod Orchomene plebs kept alive in the laboratory on ship board. A bioconcentration factor (BCF) of 2.84×104 for γ-HCH related to the lipid content has been found in O. plebs which is similar to factors found in invertebrates of temperate latitudes of boreal regions. A BCF for 14C-HCB could not be determined, because of incomplete dissolution of the compound under experimental conditions. Up to 5% of both compounds were transformed to more polar products which were not identified further. The effects of pollution in Antarctica are briefly discussed.
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Ernst, W., Klages, M. Bioconcentration and biotransformation of 14C-γ-hexachlorocyclohexane and 14C-hexachlorobenzene in the Antarctic amphipod Orchomene plebs (Hurley, 1965). Polar Biol 11, 249–252 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00238458
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