FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Heavy metals and organochlorinated compounds in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) from the Adour estuary and associated wetlands (France) BT AF TABOURET, H. BAREILLE, G. MESTROT, A. CAILL-MILLY, Nathalie BUDZINSKI, H. PELUHET, L. PROUZET, Patrick DONARD, O. F. X. AS 1:1,2;2:1;3:1;4:2;5:3;6:3;7:2;8:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:PDG-RBE-HGS-LRHAQ;5:;6:;7:PDG-RBE-ADM1;8:; C1 Univ Pau & Pays Adour, Lab Chim Analyt Bioorgan & Environm, IPREM UMR CNRS 5254, F-64053 Pau 9, France. UFR Cote Basque, IFREMER Lab Ressources Halieut Aquitaine, F-64600 Anglet, France. Univ Bordeaux 1, CNRS, Lab Physico & Toxicochim Environm LPTC, EPOC UMR 5805, F-33405 Talence, France. C2 UNIV PAU & PAYS ADOUR, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV BORDEAUX, FRANCE SI ANGLET SE PDG-RBE-HGS-LRHAQ PDG-RBE-ADM1 IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 1.991 TC 14 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00036/14677/11987.pdf LA English DT Article AB Heavy metals and organic pollutants were investigated in the Adour estuary (South West France) and associated wetlands using the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) as a bioindicator. Heavy metals (Cu, Cd, Zn, Pb, and Ag) were measured in soft tissue of yellow eels. Mercury (total Hg and MeHg) and organochlorinated compounds (7 PCBs, 11 OCPs) were analysed in muscle. Concentrations in muscle were in agreement with moderately contaminated environments in Europe and were below the norms fixed for eel consumption for heavy metals and OCPs. Analyses of liver showed a higher pressure of Ag and Zn in the downstream estuary than in the freshwater sites whereas Cd was lower in the estuary probably because of the salinity influence. According to quality classes 100% of eels from freshwater sites indicated clean or slightly polluted environments. However, total mercury concentrations were close to the thresholds fixed by the European Community in the downstream estuary, whereas the sum of PCBs was found to be greatly above the fixed value. 100% of the individuals from the estuary were classified in quality classes corresponding to polluted or highly polluted sites. These first results highlight the need of further investigations focused on mercury and PCBs in this area taking the seasonal temperature influence into account for a better understanding of the pollution distribution and the possible threat on the eel population from the Adour basin. PY 2011 PD MAY SO Journal Of Environmental Monitoring SN 1464-0325 PU Royal Soc Chemistry VL 13 IS 5 UT 000290166800035 BP 1446 EP 1456 DI 10.1039/c0em00684j ID 14677 ER EF