en Toxicology Toxicology پژوهشي Orginal research papers <span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" FONT-SIZE: 12pt mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-ansi-language: EN mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang="EN">Twenty-four Black-lip Oysters (<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Pinctada margaritifera</span></em><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> ) </span></em>were collected in summer (July) 2004 </font></font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" FONT-SIZE: 12pt mso-fareast-font-family: Batang mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-ansi-language: EN-US mso-fareast-language: KO">from six coastal locations in </span><font face="Times New Roman"><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal FONT-SIZE: 12pt mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-ansi-language: EN mso-fareast-language: EN-US mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang="EN">Kish Island (Persian Gulf) and were analyzed </span></em><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" FONT-SIZE: 12pt mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-ansi-language: EN-US mso-fareast-language: EN-US">at the analytical laboratory of Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Windsor </span><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal FONT-SIZE: 12pt mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-ansi-language: EN mso-fareast-language: EN-US mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang="EN">according to the </span></em><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" FONT-SIZE: 12pt mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-ansi-language: EN-US mso-fareast-language: EN-US">chemical analysis procedures which has been accredited by the Canadian Association for Environmental Analysis Laboratories (CAEAL). In order to obtain information on bioavailability of </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" FONT-SIZE: 12pt mso-fareast-font-family: Batang mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-ansi-language: EN-US mso-fareast-language: KO">sixteen EPA priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" FONT-SIZE: 12pt mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-ansi-language: EN-US mso-fareast-language: EN-US"> (PAHs), c</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" FONT-SIZE: 12pt mso-fareast-font-family: Batang mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-ansi-language: EN-US mso-fareast-language: KO">oncentration of 2 to 6-ring PAHs was determined for all samples<span dir="rtl"></span><span dir="rtl"></span><span dir="rtl"><span dir="rtl"></span><span dir="rtl"></span><font size="3"> </font></span>with application of a </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" FONT-SIZE: 12pt mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-ansi-language: EN-US mso-fareast-language: EN-US">gas chromatograph with a mass selective detector</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" FONT-SIZE: 12pt mso-fareast-font-family: Batang mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-ansi-language: EN-US mso-fareast-language: KO">. Oysters from Big Coral site exhibited a wide range of total PAH concentration (1.07 to 77.66 ng/g wet weight). The lowest value (oysters from Foreigner’s Pelage) and highest values were 0.7 and 36.33 ng/g wet weight respectively. Comparison of the PAH concentrations in oysters with sediments collected from the same locations showed that </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" FONT-SIZE: 12pt mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-ansi-language: EN-US mso-fareast-language: EN-US">the overall bioaccumulation has been performed through the movement of water-soluble lower molecular weight (LMW) PAHs to the oysters in the studied area</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" FONT-SIZE: 12pt mso-fareast-font-family: Batang mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-ansi-language: EN-US mso-fareast-language: KO">.</span></font> Contamination, PAHs, Bioaccumulation, Black-lip Oyster, Kish Island, PersianGulf, Bioavailability 25 34 http://jifro.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-57&slc_lang=en&sid=1 P. Eghtesadi-Araghi eghtesadi@inco.ac.ir 10031947532846001071 10031947532846001071 Yes P. D. Haffner 10031947532846001072 10031947532846001072 No K. Drouillard 10031947532846001073 10031947532846001073 No W. Maghsoudlou 10031947532846001074 10031947532846001074 No