| Fish Species |
Location |
Tissue |
Number of samples |
PFOS concen-tration (ng/g ww) |
PFOA concentration
(ng/g ww) |
FOSA/EtFOSA concentration (ng/g ww) |
Reference |
| Range |
Mean |
Range |
Mean |
Range |
Mean |
| Lake whitefish |
Lake Michigan |
Liver
Muscle
Eggs |
5
5
2 |
33-81
97-170
150-380 |
67
130
260 |
|
|
|
|
Giesy & Kannan 2001 |
| Brown trout |
Liver
Muscle
Eggs |
10
10
3 |
<17-26
<6-46
49-75 |
64 |
|
|
|
|
| Chinook salmon |
Liver
Muscle |
6
6 |
33-170
7-190 |
110
110 |
|
|
|
|
| Carp |
Muscle |
10 |
60-300 |
120 |
|
|
|
|
| Yellow-fin tuna |
North Pacific Ocean |
Liver |
12 |
<7 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Swordfish |
Mediter-ranean Sea |
5 |
<1-13 |
6 |
<38
<17-10 PFHxS |
|
<36 |
|
| Blue-fin tuna |
8 |
21-87 |
48 |
<38
<7 PFHxS |
|
<36 |
|
Blood
(ng/mL) |
6 |
27-52 |
40 |
<2.5
<1 PFHxS |
|
13-19 |
15 |
Kannan et al. 2002c |
| Swordfish |
7 |
4-14 |
7.2 |
<2.5
<1 PFHxS |
|
1.1-28 |
15 |
| Atlantic salmon |
Bothnian Bay |
Liver |
22 |
<8 |
|
<19
<7.5 PFHxS |
|
<19 |
|
| Arctic cod |
Frobisher Bay, Canadian Eastern arctic |
5 |
|
2.5 |
|
0.01 |
|
|
Tomy et al. 2003 |
| Deepwater redfish |
5 |
|
2.5 |
2.9-57 |
9 |
|
0.25/1.9 |
| Common sea bass (Lateolabrax japonicus) |
Tokyo Bay |
3 |
37-144 |
85 |
4-10 PFHxS |
7 PFHxS |
|
|
Taniyasu et al. 2003 |
| Conger eel (Conger myriaster) |
Liver
Blood
(ng/mL) |
1
3 |
30-146 |
558
91 |
|
18
4
PFHxS |
|
|
| Flatfish (Pleuronectiformes pleuronectidae) |
Liver
Blood
(ng/mL) |
2
1 |
158-198 |
178
489 |
7-19 PFHxS |
13
121
PFHxS |
|
|
| Japanese stingfish (Sebastiscus marmoratus) |
Liver
Blood
(ng/mL) |
2
2 |
38-192
74-192 |
115
134 |
28-38
PFHxS |
8.8
33
PFHxS |
|
|
| Rockfish (Sebastes intermis) |
Liver
Blood
(ng/mL) |
3
2 |
62-70
2-488 |
64
245 |
<2-4 PFHxS |
|
|
|
| Black seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegeli) |
Osaka Bay |
Liver
Blood
(ng/mL) |
1
3 |
63-176 |
6
123 |
2-5 PFHxS |
4.1 PFHxS |
|
|
| Common sea bass (Lateolabrax japonicus) |
Liver
Blood
(ng/mL) |
2
1 |
3-4 |
3.5
29 |
|
|
|
|
| Japanese scad (Trachurus japonicus) |
Liver
Blood
(ng/mL) |
2
2 |
4-14
104-142 |
9
123 |
<7.6
3.6-3.8
PFHxS |
3.7
PFHxS |
|
|
| White croaker (Argyrosomus argentatus) |
Liver
Blood
(ng/mL) |
2
2 |
12-16
108-238 |
14
170 |
<5.7
<2.7
PFHxS |
|
|
|
| Ornate jobfish (Tropidinius amoenus) |
Okinawa, Kin Bay |
Liver
Blood
(ng/mL) |
4
3 |
593-7900
4-21 |
3250
9.7 |
|
|
|
|
| Giant trevally (Garanx |
Blood
(ng/mL) |
3 |
15-24 |
19 |
|
|
|
|
| Blue gill (Lepomis macrochirus) |
Lake Biwa, Japan |
Liver
Blood
(ng/mL) |
2
2 |
254-310
33-50 |
282
42 |
|
|
|
|
| Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides |
Liver
Blood
(ng/mL) |
2
2 |
159-309
455-834 |
234
645 |
|
|
|
|
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) |
Liver
Blood
(ng/mL) |
2
2 |
3-4
317-322 |
3.5
320 |
|
|
|
|
| White sucker |
Canadian arctic |
Liver |
3 |
6.5-8.6 |
7.6 |
0.6-1.7 PFNA
1.7-3.1 PFDA |
1
PFNA
2.6 PFDA |
10-18
3.9-8.5
PFUnA
0.6-1.8 PFDoA |
13
6.2 PFUnA
1.3
PFDoA |
Hansen et al. 2004 |
| Book trout |
|
2 |
29-50 |
39 |
5.9-6.5 PFNA
2.3-2.5 PFDA |
6.2 PFNA
2.5 PFDA |
2.0-3.5
4.9-6.5
PFUnA
0.8-2.2
PFDoA |
2.8
5.7
PFUnA
1.5
PFDoA |
| Lake whitefish |
|
2 |
12 |
12 |
2.4-4.0 PFNA
1.2-1.8 PFDA |
3.2
PFNA
1.5 PFDA |
14-15
2.7-4.7
PFUnA
0.7-1.8
PFDoA |
14
3.7
PFUnA
1.2
PFDoA |
| Lake trout |
|
1 |
|
31 |
|
3.4 PFNA
2.0 PFDA |
|
6.8
6.1
PFUnA
2.3
PFDoA |
| Northern pike |
|
1 |
|
5.7 |
|
<0.5 PFNA
2.0 PFDA |
|
8.7
2.9
PFUnA
0.83
PFDoA |
| Arctic sculpin |
|
1 |
|
12 |
|
2.2 PFNA
0.5 PFDA |
|
18
1.1
PFUnA
0.55
PFDoA |