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Table 3 Concentrations (µg kg⁻¹ wet weight) of PFAS in eelpout in 2015 and long-term trends

From: Chemicals of emerging concern in marine specimens of the German Environmental Specimen Bank

Chemical	Eelpout filet						Eelpout liver
	NS 1		NS 2		BS		NS 2	BS
	Conc. (µg kg⁻¹)	Trend	Conc. (µg kg⁻¹)	Trend	Conc. (µg kg⁻¹)	Trend	Conc. (µg kg⁻¹)	Conc. (µg kg⁻¹)
PFBA							< 0.300	< 0.300
PFPeA							< 0.300	< 0.300
PFHxA	< 0.053		< 0.058		< 0.050		< 0.300	< 0.300
PFHpA	< 0.053		< 0.057		< 0.050		< 0.300	< 0.300
PFNA	< 0.053		< 0.057		0.137	+	< 0.300	1.1
PFDA	0.103	+	< 0.057	o	0.089	+	< 0.300	0.37
PFUnDA							< 0.300	0.90
PFDoDA	0.056		< 0.057		0.05	+	< 0.300	< 0.300
PFTriDA							< 0.300	< 0.300
PFTeDA							< 0.300	< 0.300
PFBS	< 0.080		< 0.085		< 0.075		< 0.300	< 0.300
PFHxS	< 0.080		< 0.085		< 0.075		< 0.300	< 0.300
PFHpS							< 0.300	< 0.300
PFDS	< 0.080		< 0.085		< 0.075		< 0.300	< 0.300
PFOSA	0.814	–	0.853	–	< 0.050		2.84	< 0.300
PFOA	< 0.053		< 0.057		< 0.050		< 0.300	< 0.300
PFOS	0.921	o	0.202	–	0.487	o	3.7	9.1

Sampling sites: NS 1: North Sea—Lower Saxony Wadden Sea; NS 2: North Sea—Schleswig–Holstein Wadden Sea; BS: Baltic Sea—Bodden National Park (Baltic Sea)
Italics: quantified substances; blank: no data
Trends: o: no significant linear trend, +: increase, −: decrease; blank: insufficient data, no trend calculation possible. Time intervals for trend calculations: eelpout filet: 2003–2017; eelpout liver: NS 2: 1993–2009, BS: 1994–2008. For full names of chemicals refer to Table 1

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