DOES ANY TROUT SPECIES COULD BE USED AS SENTINEL OF PBDEs IN FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS?

NERINA B. LANA; JORGELINA C. ALTAMIRANO; JUAN MANUEL RIOS; NÉSTOR F. CIOCCO; PAULA BERTÓN

York

Congreso; 8TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FLAME RETARDANTS -BFR 2017; 2017

Certain wild animalsrepresent excellent models, or sentinels, to address issues related toenvironmental pollution. Wild trout present several biologicalcharacteristics, that position it as a suitable tool for monitoringpolybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) levels in freshwater environments:1-They are at top of the food web and have a wide geographic distribution;2-They have lipid-rich tissues and pollutant concentration capacity. The presence of lower brominated diphenyl ethers hasbeen detected in wild trout collected worldwide. Over the last 20 years, a large number of studieshave been reported using wild trout for PBDE assessment in freshwater environments.This work summarizes this research field through a meta-analysis, and considersthe implications of the reported data with the aim to explore the feasibilityof wild trout as a sentinel species for PBDEs in environmental assessments.