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Post World War II orcharding creates present day DDT-problems in The Sørfjord (Western Norway)--a case studyAnders Ruus
Norwegian Institute for Water Research NIVA, Gaustadalleen 21, N 0349 Oslo, Norway
Mar Pollut Bull 60:1856-61. 2010..We warrant the need for increased knowledge of the effects of alterations in variables acting regionally and globally on the disposition of contaminants in ecosystems...- In vivo bioaccumulation of contaminants from historically polluted sediments - Relation to bioavailability estimatesAnders Ruus
Norwegian Institute for Water Research NIVA, Oslo Centre for Interdisciplinary Environmental and Social Research, Gaustadalleen 21, NO 0349 Oslo, Norway Electronic address
Sci Total Environ 442:336-43. 2013..A need for increased knowledge of the specific characteristics of benthic organisms, which may influence the exposure, uptake and elimination of contaminants, is however emphasized... - Accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls from contaminated sediment by Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): Direct accumulation from resuspended sediment and dietary accumulation via the polychaete Nereis virensAnders Ruus
Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway
Environ Toxicol Chem 31:2472-81. 2012..Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2012; 31: 2472-2481. © 2012 SETAC... 
Factors influencing activities of biotransformation enzymes, concentrations and compositional patterns of organochlorine contaminants in members of a marine food webAnders Ruus
University of Oslo, Institute of Biology, Department of Marine Zoology and Marine Chemistry, PO Box 1064, Blindern, N 0316 Oslo, Norway
Aquat Toxicol 61:73-87. 2002..In seals, concentrations and compositional patterns of the OCs vary with age, owing to selective transfer from mother to pup in utero and mainly through lactation, but likely also due to age specific xenobiotic metabolising capacity...- Influence of trophic position on organochlorine concentrations and compositional patterns in a marine food webAnders Ruus
University of Oslo, Institute of Biology, Department of Marine Zoology and Marine Chemistry, Norway
Environ Toxicol Chem 21:2356-64. 2002..The information provided may be important for future modeling of the fate of organochlorine contaminants in marine food webs... - Experimental results on bioaccumulation of metals and organic contaminants from marine sedimentsAnders Ruus
Norwegian Institute for Water Research NIVA, Brekkeveien 19, PO Box 173, Kjelsas, N 0411 Oslo, Norway
Aquat Toxicol 72:273-92. 2005..The high bioaccumulation of compounds such as pyrene and nickel may in some cases be attributed to manipulation of the sediments and (for pyrene) lack of subsequent aging, thereby overestimating bioavailability... - Accumulation of the lipophilic environmental contaminant lindane in metacercariae of Bucephaloides gracilescens (Trematoda, Bucephalidae) in the central nervous system of bullrout Myoxocephalus scorpiusA Ruus
Department of Marine Zoology and Marine Chemistry, Institute of Biology, University of Oslo, Norway
Dis Aquat Organ 48:75-7. 2001.... - Disposition of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in two Norwegian epibenthic marine food websAnders Ruus
Norwegian Institute for Water Research NIVA, P O Box 173, Kjelsas, N 0411 Oslo, Norway
Chemosphere 62:1856-68. 2006.... - Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in the Grenlandfjords (Norway)--disposition, levels, and effectsAnders Ruus
Norwegian Institute for Water Research NIVA, Oslo, Norway
J Toxicol Environ Health A 69:185-200. 2006..Furthermore, seasonal variations in cytochrome P-450 (CYP) 1A activity were shown, with different responses between genders. The differences were likely linked to the reproductive cycle of the fish... - PCB-containing paint and plaster caused extreme PCB-concentrations in biota from the Sørfjord (Western Norway)--a case studyAnders Ruus
Norwegian Institute for Water Research NIVA, P O Box 173, Kjelsas, N 0411 Oslo, Norway
Mar Pollut Bull 52:100-3. 2006..A future scientific challenge will be to understand the specific mechanisms and effects of such PCB accumulation in fish... - Bioavailability of PAHs in aluminum smelter affected sediments: evaluation through assessment of pore water concentrations and in vivo bioaccumulationAnders Ruus
Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Gaustadalléen 21, 0349 Oslo, Norway
Environ Sci Technol 44:9291-7. 2010..The importance of knowledge regarding specific characteristics of model organisms is emphasized... - Disposition and depuration of lindane (gamma-HCH) and polychlorinated biphenyl-110 (2,3,3'4'6-pentachlorobiphenyl) in cod (Gadus morhua) and bullrout (Myoxocephalus scorpius) after single oral exposuresA Ruus
University of Oslo, Institute of Biology, Department of Marine Zoology and Marine Chemistry, Blindern, Norway
Environ Toxicol Chem 20:2377-82. 2001..The water-soluble bile metabolites, together with PCB-110 metabolites associated to endogenous macromolecules, strongly indicate that this compound is metabolized in both species... - Biomarkers in fish from dioxin-contaminated fjordsK Hylland
Norwegian Institute for Waters Research, Oslo, Norway
Biomarkers 11:97-117. 2006..Results for glutathione S-transferase and glutathione reductase indicated different exposure levels in the two fjords, but also showed seasonal variability, and the results highlighted the need for baseline data for these biomarkers... - Simulating climate change-induced alterations in bioaccumulation of organic contaminants in an Arctic marine food webKatrine Borgå
Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Gaustadalleen 21, 0349 Oslo, Norway
Environ Toxicol Chem 29:1349-57. 2010..Reduced bioavailability, due to increased C(POC), was the most influential parameter for the less water soluble compounds. Increase in temperature resulted in an overall reduction in net bioaccumulation... - Bioaccumulation and lack of oxidative stress response in the ragworm H. diversicolor following exposure to 226Ra in sedimentMerete Grung
Norwegian Institute for Water Research NIVA, Gaustadalleen 21, N 0324 Oslo, Norway
J Environ Radioact 100:429-34. 2009..So although they accumulated the alpha-emitter, the treatments did not appear to cause oxidative stress in polychaete tissues... - Bioaccumulation of native polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from sediment by a polychaete and a gastropod: freely dissolved concentrations and activated carbon amendmentGerard Cornelissen
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, P O Box 3930 Ullevål Stadion, N 0806, Oslo, Norway
Environ Toxicol Chem 25:2349-55. 2006..This implies that either site-specific evaluations of AC amendment are necessary, using several site-relevant benthic organisms, or that the physiology of H. reticulata caused artifactually high BSAF values in the presence of AC... - Relationships between physiology, tissue contaminants, and biomarker responses in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.)Ketil Hylland
Integrative Biology Group, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
J Toxicol Environ Health A 72:226-33. 2009..The results indicated that responses in all three biomarkers reflected relevant, contaminant-related processes in the cod even though none of them provided a simple separation between polluted and pristine locations... - Water column monitoring near oil installations in the North Sea 2001-2004Ketil Hylland
Norwegian Institute for Water Research NIVA, Gaustadalleen 21, N 0349 Oslo, Norway
Mar Pollut Bull 56:414-29. 2008..There is a need to develop methods that are sufficiently sensitive to components in produced water at levels found in marine ecosystems... 
Brominated flame retardants in North-East Atlantic marine ecosystemsBjørn Munro Jenssen
Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Environ Health Perspect 115:35-41. 2007..Concentrations of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are reported to increase in marine ecosystems...- Predicting low biota to sediment accumulation factors of PAHs by using infinite-sink and equilibrium extraction methods as well as BC-inclusive modelingAmy M P Oen
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, NGI, P O Box 3930 Ullevål Stadion, N 0806 Oslo, Norway
Chemosphere 64:1412-20. 2006..reticulata. Risk assessment strategies of in situ contamination should therefore include a combination of chemical methods accounting for bioavailability, as well as bioaccumulation studies... - Cadmium accumulation and Cd-binding proteins in marine invertebrates--a radiotracer studyMarijana Erk
Ruder Boskovic Institute, Center for Marine and Environmental Research, P O Box 180, Bijenicka c 54, HR 10002 Zagreb, Croatia
Chemosphere 61:1651-64. 2005..The most surprising finding was that even the lowest Cd exposure concentration (0.05 microg Cd l(-1)) caused MT induction in pyloric caeca of A. rubens, but there was no dose-dependent increase in MT at higher exposure levels... - Disposition of arsenobetaine in two marine fish species following administration of a single oral dose of [14C]arsenobetaineHeidi Amlund
National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research, Bergen, Norway
Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 143:171-8. 2006..The results suggest that the major route of excretion was via urine, which seemed to be more important in Atlantic cod than in Atlantic salmon. Elimination of arsenobetaine via bile appeared to be negligible in both species...