Title: Draft list of potential target contaminants of fish tissue : interim report (397/4/ST)
Document Type: Monograph
Abstract:
This note is abstracted from an interim report of current progress in the
project 'Body burdens in Fish’. It describes, briefly, the processes
involved in prioritising an extensive list of chemical compounds which, if
discharged into surface waters, are potential contaminants of fish
tissues. This is a key stage in the development of a cost effective
strategy for monitoring the tissues of freshwater fish in the UK.
Compounds have been selected on the basis of four criteria: toxicity,
propensity for biaccumulation, persistence in the environment and extent
of use. The exercise effectively reduced an initial list of more than 700
chemical compounds to a group of 16 which will form, though not
exclusively, the core targets around which the sampling strategy will be
constructed.
Publisher: National Rivers Authority
Publication Date: 1992
Publication Place: Bristol
Subject Keywords: Freshwater fishes; Chemical compounds; Fish diseases; Environmental monitoring; Water quality; Toxicity
Extent: 61
Permalink: http://www.environmentdata.org/archive/ealit:3922
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