ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES AND POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) IN SEDIMENTS AND BIOTA FROM FOUR US ARCTIC LAKES

• Main Authors: Susan Allen-Gil, C Gubala, ROBERT WILSON, DIXON LANDERS, T Wade, J Sericano, L Curtis
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY V. 33(4): 378-387 SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC 2005
• Subjects: Arctic; Four Lakes; Thymallus arcticus
• Online Access: http://oaspub.epa.gov/eims/eimsapi.dispdetail?deid=10096

Organochlorine (OC) concentrations in surface sediment, snails (Lymnea sp.), and two freshwater fish species (grayling, Thymallus arcticus; and lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush) from four lakes in the US Arctic were determined. In surface sediment, chlorinated benzenes (including hexachlorobenzene,...