Ron van der Oost

TL;DR: There is little doubt that measurements of bioaccumulation and biomarker responses in fish from contaminated sites offer great promises for providing information that can contribute to environmental monitoring programs designed for various aspects of ERA.

TL;DR: The phase I biotransformation enzymes in eel liver appeared to be the most sensitive to environmental xenobiotics, and phase II enzymes and cofactors in eels liver were less susceptible to pollutants than phase I enzymes.

TL;DR: A method that reads across from existing EQS and includes additional mixture considerations with the goal that the derived effect-based trigger values (EBT) indicate acceptable risk for complex mixtures as they occur in surface water.

TL;DR: A significant correlation was observed between biliary PAH metabolite levels in fish and aqueous PAH concentrations estimated with SPMD data, suggesting that both methods may be accurate indicators of PAH exposure in aquatic ecosystems.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the bioaccumulation of persistent organic trace pollutants in eels, considering partitioning, uptake from contaminated water (bioconcentration) and food (biomagnification), clearance, and bioavailability.