Distribution of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Different Ecosystems in Germany |
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| Authors: | Petra Marth Karl-Werner Schramm Dieter Martens Konstantin Oxynos Johannes Schmitzer Antonius Kettrup |
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| Affiliation: | 1. GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Ecological Chemistry , Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, D-85764, Neuherberg, Germany;2. Technical University of Munich, Institute of Ecological Chemistry and Environmental Analytical Chemistry , D-85350, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany;3. GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Ecological Chemistry , Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, D-85764, Neuherberg, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The German Environmental Specimen Bank (GESB) was established in 1985 as a permanent institution for the systematic collection, processing, characterization and storage of representative environmental samples from different ecosystems throughout Germany. Immediately after the reunification a special sampling campaign was performed in representative areas of the former GDR focusing on the assessment of the environmental pollution situation. These samples can be regarded as a basis for monitoring the development of spatial and temporal trends in Eastern Germany. Selected results about the determination of chlorinated hydrocarbons (CHC) in various bioindicators (earthworms, pigeon eggs, poplar leaves, pine shoots, breams) are presented. Particular emphasis is given to the comparsion of the CHC burden in East and West Germany with respect to different contamination sources. |
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| Keywords: | Environmental specimen banking chlorinated hydrocarbons accumulation indicator biomonitoring East Germany |
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