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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and n-Alkanes in beaked sea snake Enhydrina schistose (Daudin, 1803) from the Mandovi Estuary, Goa

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Title Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and n-Alkanes in beaked sea snake Enhydrina schistose (Daudin, 1803) from the Mandovi Estuary, Goa
 
Creator Mote, S.
RanjeetKumar
Naik, B.G.
Ingole, B.S.
 
Subject Ecotoxicology
Fishes
food chains
petroleum hydrocarbon
 
Description An ecotoxicological study were conducted to evaluate the concentrations of PAHs and n-alkanes, in gut, liver and kidney tissues of two individuals of Enhydrina schistose (Daudin, 1803), using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The concentrations of PAHs (0.10 Mu g/g) and n-alkanes (8.12 Mu g/g) were elevated in the gut, and liver (PAHs 0.05 Mu g/g tissue, n-alkanes 29.16 Mu g/g tissue). In kidney of both specimen-A and B the PAHs (0.01 and 0.1 Mu g/g) and n-alkanes (0.22 and 2.06 Mu g/g) concentration was detected. This was an initial survey (n = 2) and the main goal was to know accumulation and distribution of PAHs and n-alkanes in the sea snakes. This study indicates high accumulation of petroleum hydrocarbon in gut, liver and kidney of sea snake. Since, this species also act as pray for sea eagles and some predatory fishes such as tiger shark, there is high possibilities of PAHs being circulated in marine food chain
 
Date 2015-02-17T05:17:31Z
2015-02-17T05:17:31Z
2015
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol.94(2 ); 171-177
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4699
 
Language en
 
Rights An edited version of this paper was published by Springer. This paper is for R & D purpose and Copyright [2014] Springer.
 
Publisher Springer