7942

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7942
• Author: Schmitt, C. J., et al.
• Title: National Pesticide Monitoring Program
• USFW Year: 1983.
• USFW - Doc Type: Organochlorine Residues in Freshwater Fish, 1976-79.
• Copyright Material: NO

Contents
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Abstract ...................................................... ..............1
Methods of Study .............................................. ..............1
Laboratory Analyses ......................................... ..............2
Data Handling and Statistical Analyses ......................... ..............5
Results and Discussion ......................................... ..............5
Characteristics and Limitations of the Data ..................... ..............5
Interlaboratory Cross-checks .................................. ..............8
General Trends in Residue Concentrations ...................... ..............8
Temporal and Geographic Trends in the Levels of
Specific Compounds ....................................... ..............8
Hazards of Persistent Organochlorine Residues in
Fish to Piscivorous Fishes and Wildlife ....................... .............22
Summary and Conclusions ...................................... .............23
Acknowledgments ............................................. .............23
References .................................................... .............24
Appendix A. Organochlorine Residues and Related Data
for NPMP Freshwater Fish, 1976-79 ........................... .............25