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RECORD NUMBER: 231 OF 1314Main Title | Distribution of Mirex in an Experimental Estuarine Ecosystem. | |||||||||||
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Author | Schoor, Wilhelm P. ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | Environmental Research Lab., Gulf Breeze, FL. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1979 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA/600/J-79/002 ;CONTRIB-303; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB-294 913 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Estuaries ; Pesticides ; Interactions ; Distribution ; Experimental data ; Concentration(Composition) ; Chlorine organic compounds ; Insecticides ; Shrimps ; Exposure ; Residues ; Pancreas gland ; Reprints ; Ecosystems ; Mirex ; Kepone ; Methanocyclobuta(cd)pentalenes ; Palaemonetes pugio ; Pesticide residues | |||||||||||
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Collation | 9p | |||||||||||
Abstract | Distribution of mirex in various compartments of an experimental estuarine ecosystem was determined. Uptake occurred from mirex concentrations in the water that averaged 0.061 plus or minus 0.031 micrograms/liter. Accumulation occurred to the highest degree in the hepato-pancreas of grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) with a concentration factor of 11,000 at the end of 13 days exposure. The hepatopancreas was the only living component to show a clear, continuous increase in concentration of mirex, a trend not revealed by whole-body residues. |