Abstract
It is well documented that synthetic chlorinated hydrocarbon residues are widespread throughout the oceanic ecosystem. The Mediterranean Sea, as a semi-enclosed body of water, is of special interest and there are many baseline studies to measure the existing levels of these contaminants in various components of the ecosystem in order to gauge the magnitude of possible future pollution by these or other similar chemicals. In such baseline studies chlorinated hydrocarbons are measured in many marine species. However, mussels, as very popular and widespread indicator organisms were analysed most frequently in comparison with other species. But, there are no available scientific publication describing the long-term monitoring of DDTs and PCBs in mussels from the Mediterranean Sea. In the paper the trends of DDT and PCB concentrations in mussels from the Rijeka Bay in the Adriatic Sea, monitored over a forteen year period from a single analytical group, using uniform methodology (mostly by the same analyst) are described.
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