Supporting Information Bioaccumulation of organohalogenated compounds in sharks and rays from southeastern usa

2 - Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium

3 – National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (Entox), The University of Queensland, 39 Kessels Road, Coopers Plains, QLD 4108, Australia

4 – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Biology, Høgskoleringen 5, Realfagbygget, 7491 Trondheim, Norway

5 - Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish & Wildlife Research Institute, 1220 Prospect Ave., #285, Melbourne, Florida 32901, USA

6 - Laboratory for Oceanology - MARE Center, University of Liège B6C, 4000 Liège, Belgium

E-mail: liesbeth.weijs@uantwerpen.be; l.weijs@uq.edu.au

Tel: +61 409 581 906

Overview:

Table S1: Recoveries and RSD (%) of major POP contaminants.

Table S2: Overview of all compounds that were either not detected in any sample or detected only in < 50% of the samples.

Fig S1: Correlations between the growth (represented by the disk width) and the concentrations of ∑ PCBs, ∑ CHLs, p,p’-DDE and BDE 47 in liver samples of Atlantic stingrays.

Fig S2: Correlations between the growth (represented by the total length, TL) and the concentrations of ∑ PCBs, p,p’-DDE, ∑ CHLs, ∑ PBDEs and 6-MeO-BDE 47 in liver samples of bonnethead sharks.

Fig S3: Correlations between the growth (represented by the total length, TL) and the concentrations of ∑ PCBs, ∑ DDXs, ∑ CHLs, ∑ PBDEs, ∑ MeO-PBDEs and HCB in liver samples of bull sharks.

Fig S4: Correlations between the growth (represented by the precaudal length, PCL) and the concentrations of ∑ PCBs, ∑ DDXs, ∑ CHLs, ∑ PBDEs and ∑ MeO-PBDEs in liver samples of lemon sharks.

Fig S5: 3D-scatterplots describing the presence of POPs and of 6-MeO-BDE 47 in Atlantic stingrays and a bonnethead shark with respect to the trophic position of these animals.