| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9451252 | Chemosphere | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Blubber from bottle-nose dolphins, spinner dolphins, humpback dolphin (Tursiops truncatus, Stenella longirostris and Sousa chinensis) were collected from the Bay of Bengal (southeast coast of India) and analyzed for the organochlorine pesticides hexachlorocyclohexane (HCHs), p,pâ²-dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDTs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). All nine specimens analyzed contained considerable levels of all the three chemical classes where DDT was in the range of 3330-23Â 330Â ng/g; HCHs in the range of 95-765Â ng/g; and PCBs in the range of 210-1220Â ng/g (wet weight basis). The reasons for this and the variations in the isomer pattern of HCHs and DDT and its metabolites in marine mammal tissues are discussed.
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Authors
S. Karuppiah, A. Subramanian, J.P. Obbard,