Table 2 TMFs calculated for different substances identified in the sampled food web of Lake Templin (Potsdam, Germany)

Whole food web data available

Lipid-normalized data TMFs

 PCB

77

1.8

1.4–2.2

0.0001

0.706

81

1.6

0.7–3.4

0.2311

0.108

101

2.0

1.4–2.9

0.0007

0.603

105

2.1

1.5–2.9

0.0002

0.671

114

2.2

1.6–3.1

0.0003

0.647

118

2.1

1.5–3.0

0.0003

0.643

123

2.5

1.7–3.7

0.0002

0.657

126

2.3

1.6–3.2

0.0002

0.666

138

2.1

1.5–3.0

0.0004

0.634

153

2.2

1.5–3.2

0.0005

0.624

156

2.1

1.4–3.1

0.0017

0.543

157

2.1

1.4–3.1

0.0018

0.540

167

2.2

1.3–3.6

0.0049

0.469

180

2.0

1.3–3.1

0.0036

0.491

189

1.9

1.2–3.2

0.0134

0.386

 PBDE

49

1.7

1.3–2.2

0.0006

0.606

100

1.7

1.2–2.6

0.0110

0.403

 Organochlorine pesticides

p,p’-DDD

1.4

1.1–1.8

0.0117

0.398

p,p’-DDE

1.9

1.4–2.6

0.0007

0.603

 PCDD/F

2,3,7,8-TetraCDF

1.6

1.3–2.0

0.0001

0.686

Dry weight-normalized TMFs

 Mercury compounds

Total Hg

2.2

1.6–3.0

0.0001

0.690

MeHg

2.9

2.0–4.3

 < 0.0001

0.737

 PFAS

PFOS (linear)

3.0

1.8–4.8

0.0003

0.643

PFDoA

1.9

1.3–2.9

0.0037

0.489

No concentration > LOQ in mussels detected

Lipid-normalized data TMFs

 PCB

28

1.7

1.3–2.2

0.0005

0.624

52

2.0

1.5–2.6

0.0001

0.687

 PBDE

28

1.5

1.0–2.3

0.0657

0.237

47

2.3

1.4–3.7

0.0035

0.494

153

1.7

1.2–2.4

0.0044

0.477

154

1.8

1.2–2.8

0.0124

0.400

 Organochlorine pesticides

HCB

1.4

1.2–1.7

0.0012

0.564

β-HCH

1.5

1.1–2.0

0.0142

0.381

 PCDD/F

1,2,3,7,8-PentaCDF

1.5

1.0–2.1

0.0339

0.302

2,3,4,7,8-PentaCDF

1.5

1.0–2.1

0.0394

0.287

2,3,7,8-TetraCDD

1.1

0.7–1.8

0.5419

0.029