Transport of PCBs with leachate water from contaminated soil.

Natural soil contaminated with PCBs was used in this study. The soil was excavated from the area around the damaged capacitor of an electrical transformer station in Zadar (ETS 110/35 kV). A lysimeter experiment was conducted for 17 months under natural climatic conditions and designed to measure the concentration of PCB in the soil and leachates.

Transport of PCBs with leachate water from the contaminated soil.

Contaminated soil was taken from the area around the damaged capacitor of an electrical transformer station in Zadar (Croatia) and a phytoremediation experimental field was constructed with lysimeters. The levels of PCBs in the leachate water samples were measured nearly 3 years. The experiment was conducted under natural climatic conditions, through hot summers and mild winters.

Hepatic biomarker responses to organic contaminants in feral chub (Leuciscus cephalus)--laboratory characterization and field study in the Sava River, Croatia.

As a widely spread cyprinid fish species, the European chub (Leuciscus cephalus) has been used extensively in biomonitoring programs. However, no laboratory dose-response and/or time course studies related to applied biomarkers have been reported on chub yet. In order to address this issue, specimens of juvenile chub caught in September 2005 in the Sava River, Croatia, were laboratory exposed to various (0.

[War consequences as the potential hazard for the Croatian karst ecosystem].

In the recent war in Croatia, the karstic area of the country was endangered by hazardous waste, which calls for particular attention because of its exceptional ecological sensitivity. There are strong indications that various organic pollutants have entered the environment. It is also assumed that oil containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) was spilled in a number of locations.