Table 2. PBDE concentration at different trophic levels.
Basal resources | Primary consumers | Secondary consumers | Fish | |||||
ng g−1 dw | mean ± SD | median | mean ± SD | median | mean ± SD | median | mean ± SD | median |
BDE-209 | 0.1±0.17 | 0.04 | 0.88±5.25 | bdl | 2.74±7 | 0.63 | 0.01±0.02 | bdl |
BDE-190 | 0.02±0.04 | 0.01 | 0.61±3.85 | bdl | 0.33±0.56 | 0.05 | 0.02±0.04 | bdl |
BDE-183 | 0.03±0.04 | 0.01 | 0.43±2.19 | 0.01 | 1.01±2.01 | 0.14 | bdl | bdl |
BDE-156 | 0±0.01 | bdl | 0.27±1.63 | bdl | 0.7±1.71 | 0.18 | 0.01±0.01 | bdl |
BDE-138 | 0.01±0.01 | bdl | 0.04±0.18 | bdl | 0.77±2.17 | bdl | 0.01±0.02 | bdl |
BDE-153 | bdl | bdl | 1.67±4.35 | 0.22 | 0.77±1.28 | 0.15 | 0.13±0.13 | 0.09 |
BDE-154 | 0±0.01 | bdl | 0.34±1.88 | bdl | 1.49±2.89 | 0.26 | 0.19±0.26 | 0.09 |
BDE-85 | 0±0.01 | bdl | 0.44±2.78 | bdl | 0.63±2.06 | bdl | 0.02±0.03 | 0.01 |
BDE-99 | 0.01±0.03 | 0.01 | 1.4±4.37 | 0.19 | 1.1±2.06 | 0.40 | 0.43±0.5 | 0.12 |
BDE-100 | 0.01±0.02 | bdl | 6.4±26.84 | 0.31 | 0.5±0.86 | 0.18 | 0.22±0.32 | 0.07 |
BDE-77 | 0.02±0.04 | bdl | 0.84±2.91 | 0.04 | 0.19±0.51 | bd | 0.06±0.11 | bdl |
BDE-66 | bdl | bdl | 0.27±1.44 | bdl | 0±0.01 | bdl | bdl | bdl |
BDE-47 | 0.03±0.04 | 0.01 | 1.53±3.77 | 0.24 | 1.41±2.03 | 0.76 | 0.86±1.14 | 0.20 |
BDE-71 | 0±0.01 | bdl | 2.81±16.83 | bdl | 0.11±0.12 | 0.09 | 0.06±0.17 | bdl |
BDE-35 | bdl | bdl | 0.08±0.33 | bdl | 0.16±0.33 | bdl | 0.08±0.21 | 0.01 |
BDE-28 | bdl | bdl | 0.01±0.03 | bdl | 0.06±0.24 | bdl | 0.14±0.37 | bdl |
BDE-17 | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | 0.02±0.06 | bdl |
Samples | 18 | 55 | 18 | 23 |
bdl, below detection limit.