Toxaphene and Other Organochlorines in Arctic Ocean Fauna: Evidence for Atmospheric Delivery

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Bidleman, T.F., Patton, G.W., Walla, M.D., Hargrave, B.T., Vass, W.P., Erickson, P., Fowler, B., Scott, V., Gregor, D.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1989
• Subjects: Air pollution; Amphipoda; Atmospheric chemistry; Biomagnification; Environmental impacts; Food chain; Marine fauna; Marine pollution; Organochlorines; Pesticides; Pollution; Snow; Toxicity; HCH; Toxaphene; PCBs; HCB; Chlordanes; CHBs; Chromatography; Arctic Ocean; Axel Heiberg Island waters; Nunavut; Canadian Arctic; Devon Island; Arctic; Canada; Heiberg; Axel Heiberg Island; Arctique*; Zooplankton
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64725

Residues of the insecticide toxaphene (polychlorinated camphenes, PCCs) and other organochlorines (OCs) were determined in air, snow, seawater, zooplankton, and benthic amphipods collected from an ice island in the Canadian Arctic. The simultaneous determination of OCs in the atmospheric, hydrologic...