Industrial and natural compounds in filter‐feeding black fly larvae and water in 3 tundra streams

Abstract

We report concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, novel flame retardants, andnaturally occurring bromoanisoles in water and filter-feeding black fly (Simuliidae) larvae in 3 tundra streams in northernSweden. The results demonstrate that black fly larvae accumulate a wide range of organic contaminants and can be used asbioindicators of water pollution in Arctic streams.

Keywords

Emerging pollutants; Fate and transport; Bioaccumulation; Long-range transport; Arctic streams; Legacy contaminants

Published in

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
2018, volume: 37, number: 12, pages: 3011–3017

SLU Authors

• Lau, Danny C P

  • Umeå University

Global goals (SDG)

SDG6 Clean water and sanitation
SDG15 Life on land

UKÄ Subject classification

Ecology
Environmental Sciences

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4267

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/112847