PCBs, PBDEs and organochlorine pesticides in crabs Hepatus pudibundus and Callinectes danae from Santos Bay, State of São Paulo, Brazil

Magalhães, C.A.; Taniguchi, S.; Cascaes, M.J.; Montone, R.C.

PCBs, PBDEs and organochlorine pesticides in crabs Hepatus pudibundus and Callinectes danae from Santos Bay, State of São Paulo, Brazil

2012

Magalhães, C.A. | Taniguchi, S. | Cascaes, M.J. | Montone, R.C.

The occurrence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) in crabs Hepatus pudibundus and Callinectesdanae was assessed from two different places inside of the Santos Bay and Moela Island near one of the most economically important metropolitan areas in Southern Brazil. Among POPs analyzed, ∑PCBs (222–923ngg⁻¹lipid weight) and ∑DDTs (154–410ngg⁻¹lw) exhibited the highest concentrations in the crabs. ∑HCHs ranged from 10.3 to 30.9ngg⁻¹lw and were found in all individuals. Other OCPs found in lower concentration was Mirex (7.6–41.6ngg⁻¹lw) and HCB (5.83–16.9ngg⁻¹lw). ∑PBDEs (24.1ngg⁻¹lw) were only found in one male individual from the species C. danae collected near to the submarine sewage of Santos. Male crabs showed higher POP concentrations than female crabs for those two species.

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