WHO(2005)-PCDD/F+PCB-TEQ incl. LOQ
Sum of dioxins (PCDD/Fs) and dioxin-like PCBs (DL-PCBs), expressed as WHO toxic equivalent using the WHO-TEFs(2005), calculation by using upperbound concentrations: upperbound concentrations are calculated on the assumption that all the values of the different congeners below the limit of quantification (LOQ) are equal to the limit of quantification.
Specimen
-
Bioindicator in rivers and lakes
-
As the only viviparous fish in German nearshore waters, it is a bioindicator in nearshore coastal marine ecosystems.
-
Inshore, the herring gull mainly feeds from the sea: upon fish, mussels, and crabs.
Sampling area
-
Important, old-industrialised conurbation in Germany.
-
Main water divide between the North- and Baltic Sea
-
Longest river in Germany
-
National Park in the largest brackish water (Bodden) habitat of the world.
-
National park in the world largest connected sand and mud flats.
-
Fourth largest river basin in Central Europe
-
Region in the chemical triangle of Central Germany
-
Second largest river in Europe
Sampling period
2003 - 2023