Table 2.
Mean values (± SD) of TNT, 2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene (2-ADNT) and 4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene (4-ADNT) measured in the tissue of exposed Mytilus spp. obtained from the 96-h and 21-day experiments
| Exposure groups [mg/L] | TNT | 4-ADNT | 2-ADNT | ∑ [ng/g] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean [ng/g] | ± SD | Mean [ng/g] | ± SD | Mean [ng/g] | ± SD | ||
| 96-hour exposure study | |||||||
| 0 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | ||||
| 0.31 | 25.5 | 12.6 | 659.3 | 160.8 | 508.8 | 119.1 | 1193.6 |
| 0.62 | 21.6 | 13.1 | 1287.1 | 402.7 | 866.4 | 348.2 | 2175.1 |
| 1.25 | 132.3 | 23.3 | 2473.8 | 606.3 | 2269.7 | 443.1 | 4875.8 |
| 2.5 | 363.2 | 396.4 | 5601.2 | 1813.4 | 5154.5 | 198.2 | 11118.9 |
| 5 | 594.0 | 578.1 | 7199.4 | 2846.9 | 7017.0 | 1244.1 | 14810.4 |
| 10 | 1469.9 | 115.0 | 30872.8 | 977.3 | 25880.9 | 967.6 | 58223.6 |
| 21-day exposure study | |||||||
| 0 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | ||||
| 0.31 | 30.2 | 4.9 | 622.7 | 129.7 | 313.9 | 49.3 | 966.8 |
| 0.62 | 41.4 | 20.2 | 1659.6 | 64.5 | 1170.4 | 125.5 | 2871.4 |
| 1.25 | 49.3 | 19.1 | 1290.6 | 774.7 | 917.9 | 658.9 | 2257.8 |
| 2.5 | 126.5 | 33.2 | 5247.1 | 266.5 | 4288.0 | 1874.9 | 9661.6 |