An eight year (2005–2013) temporal trend of halogenated organic pollutants in fish from the Pearl River Estuary, South China

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and its metabolites (DDTs), hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), dechlorane plus (DP), 2,3,5,6-tetrabromo-p-xylene (pTBX) and pentabromotoluene (PBT) were measured in baby croaker (Collichthys lucidus) and mullet (Osteomugil ophuyseni) collected in 2005 and 2013 from the Pearl River Estuary. DDTs, HCHs, PCBs, and PBDEs were detected in two fish...