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Table 11 Bioaccumulation factors for CPY in various biota from studies conducted after 2000

Exposure-
concentration Species Taxon BCF/BAF/BSAF Time of exposure (d) Reference Comment

Crassostrea
virginica

Mollusk BCF ± SD

565 ± 172

28-exposure,
14-depuration

0.61 μg/L Woodburn et al.

( 2003 )

Determined using
[2,6-pyridine 14 C]-CPY

Lumbriculus
variagatus

Oligochaete BAF

1.8
13.9
17.2
57.3
BSAF
67.1
99.2
34.9
6.2

12 385

54
25.4
29.9
μg/kg dwt in
sediment

Jantunen et al.
( 2008 )

Determined using
14 C-pyridine- labelled
CPY. TOC in sedi-
ments = 21.5, 3.5, 1.7,
0.13, resp. BSAF
normalized for lipid
and OC

Aphanius iberus Fish BCF

3.1

3 3.2 μg/L Varo et al.

( 2000 )

Approaching equilibrium at
72 h. Analysis by GLC

Danio rerio
eleutheroembryos

Fish BCF

3,548
6,918
Geometric
mean = 4,954

2-exposure
3-depuration

1 μg/L
10 μg/L

El-Amrani
et al. ( 2012 )

Determined using GLC
analysis. Results might
overestimate BCFs—
metabolism not fully
developed

Aphanius iberus Fish BMF ± SD

0.30 ± 0.2

32 94 ± 41

ng/g lipid wt

Varo et al.
( 2002 )

Lipid corrected based on
conc. in food, analysis
by GLC