Monitoring contaminant exposure:  Relative concentrations of organochlorines in three tissues of American black ducks

Hall, R.J.; Haseltine, S.D.; Geissler, P.H.

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Comparison of organochlorine residues in wildlife must often be made to regulatory standards or to values of known biological significance; this is difficult when dissimilar tissues are analyzed and results are expressed on different bases. To relate levels in the different tissues used for regulatory and monitoring purposes and for biological assessments, we exposed American black ducks to mixtures of three organochlorines. Differences in residue burdens among tissues were not statistically significant when levels were expressed on a lipid weight basis. Levels of heptachlor and Aroclor 1254 in one tissue can be accurately predicted from those in another; such predictions for endrin are less reliable. Lipid weight based residue concentrations in wings may be used to predict whether levels in fat exceed residue standards set for human health or approach those associated with effects on populations of species sampled.

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Hall, R.J.; Haseltine, S.D.; Geissler, P.H.

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Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

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Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

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Monitoring contaminant exposure: Relative concentrations of organochlorines in three tissues of American black ducks; 1989; Article; Journal; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; Hall, R.J.; Haseltine, S.D.; Geissler, P.H.