# Organochlorines Accumulation in Caged Mussels
## 3 Results
### OC Accumulation
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Kastela Bay**} & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Mali Ston Bay**} \\ \cline{2-11}
**Parameters** & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Season**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Station**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Age (size)**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Season**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Age (\(\mathbf{age}\)**} \\ \cline{2-11}  & **F** & **P** & **F** & **P** & **F** & **P** & **F** & **P** & **F** & **P** \\ \hline Length & 0.663 & 0.680 & 0.202 & 0.894 & 22.63 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 0.043 & 0.999 & 200.8 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) \\ Tissue weight & 0.202 & 0.894 & 3.476 & 0.023 \({}^{*}\) & 6.190 & 0.016 \({}^{*}\) & 0.101 & 0.994 & 58.95 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) \\ CI & 1.493 & 0.201 & 10.50 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 4581.9 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 1.290 & 0.370 & 8.278 & 0.014 \({}^{*}\) \\ EOM & 6.620 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 1.530 & 0.218 & 2.674 & 0.108 & 6.155 & 0.015 \({}^{*}\) & 0.002 & 0.970 \\ HCB & 2.19 & 0.061 & 6.667 & 0.001 \({}^{*}\) & 0.187 & 0.667 & & & & \\ Lindane & 6.48 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 2.388 & 0.080 & 1.655 & 0.204 & & & & \\ Heptachlor & 2.42 & 0.014 \({}^{*}\) & 10.022 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 4.219 & 0.045 \({}^{*}\) & & & & \\ Aldrin & 0.821 & 0.560 & 2.824 & 0.048 \({}^{*}\) & 1.299 & 0.260 & & & & \\ OPCs & 2.08 & 0.073 & 16.69 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 3.087 & 0.085 & & & & \\ \(p\)_p\({}^{\prime}\)-DDE_ & 0.544 & 0.772 & 14.03 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 3.33 & 0.074 & 1.060 & 0.463 & 1.334 & 0.271 \\ \(p\)_p\({}^{\prime}\)-DDD_ & 1.515 & 0.194 & 14.39 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 1.838 & 0.181 & 2.207 & 0.162 & 0.537 & 0.478 \\ \(p\)_p\({}^{\prime}\)-DDT_ & 2.763 & 0.022 \({}^{*}\) & 5.027 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 1.736 & 0.193 & 1.809 & 0.228 & 0.446 & 0.157 \\ \(p\)_p\({}^{\prime}\)-DDTs_ & 0.973 & 0.454 & 27.54 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 4.474 & 0.039 \({}^{*}\) & 1.645 & 0.264 & 2.775 & 0.122 \\ CB 28 & 4.449 & 0.001 \({}^{*}\) & 5.813 & 0.002 \({}^{*}\) & 8.628 & 0.005 \({}^{*}\) & 1.738 & 0.249 & 3.591 & 0.082 \\ CB 52 & 1.154 & 0.347 & 29.04 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 2.603 & 0.113 & 0.529 & 0.772 & 6.965 & 0.022 \({}^{*}\) \\ CB 101 & 1.276 & 0.286 & 21.57 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 3.211 & 0.079 & 1.179 & 0.142 & 0.320 & 0.582 \\ CB 105 & 3.252 & 0.009 \({}^{*}\) & 6.912 & 0.001 \({}^{*}\) & 1.567 & 0.216 & 2.692 & 0.111 & 2.073 & 0.176 \\ CB 118 & 0.020 & 0.999 & 11.382 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 1.585 & 0.002 \({}^{*}\) & 7.076 & 0.656 & 0.025 & 0.877 \\ CB 138 & 0.827 & 0.555 & 29.16 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 1.557 & 0.218 & 0.768 & 0.618 & 4.784 & 0.049 \({}^{*}\) \\ CB 153 & 0.917 & 0.491 & 23.90 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 3.514 & 0.066 & 3.587 & 0.060 & 1.295 & 0.277 \\ CB 156 & 1.960 & 0.91 & 2.710 & 0.055 & 4.706 & 0.035 \({}^{*}\) & 3.556 & 0.061 & 0.902 & 0.361 \\ CB 180 & 2.999 & 0.015 \({}^{*}\) & 3.696 & 0.018 \({}^{*}\) & 12.51 & 0.001 \({}^{*}\) & 0.573 & 0.743 & 1.214 & 0.292 \\ CB 194 & 1.187 & 0.330 & 5.306 & 0.003 \({}^{*}\) & 2.322 & 0.134 & 0.033 & 1.000 & 20.06 & 0.00 \({}^{*}\) \\ CBs & 0.742 & 0.619 & 33.46 & 0.000 \({}^{*}\) & 4.575 & 0.037 \({}^{*}\) & 0.987 & 0.498 & 4.630 & 0.052 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 1: One-way ANOVA analysis of biological parameters and OC content in mussels in relation to seasonal, spatial, and age accumulation in Kastela Bay and Mali Ston Bay. \({}^{*}\) Significant at p \(<\) 0.05. Figure 5: Accumulation pattern of chlorinated biphenyl CB congeners, CB homologs, and chlorinated pesticides in 1- and 2-year-old mussels from Mali Ston Bay and the mussels transplanted to Kastela Bay.