Compartmentalization of /sup 14/C-DDT in an experimental old-field plot

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979 · Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02027035· OSTI ID:5100147

Grau, B L; Peterle, T J

In 1969, a study was initiated to trace the accumulation and translocation of chlorine-36 ring-labeled DDT in an intact old-field ecosystem. In that study, the accumulation of the pesticide in old-field flora and fauna was measured. Sufficient measurements of DDT in air, water, and soil for the immediate post application period were not obtaned in that study. A computer model of DDT movement in an old-field ecosystem was the final goal, DDT movement in the air, water, soil therefore had to be considered. This movement has been recorded for agricultural lands, including orchards, forest and aquatic systems but not for old-field ecosystems. Our objectives were to determine the rate of vaporization and translocation of /sup 14/C-DDT into the air, surface run-off, ground water, and soil of an old-field experimental plot. Major plant species included grasses (Agropyron; Dactylis; Phleum; Poa); umbells (Daucus; Pastinaca) and composites (Achillea; Aster; Cirsium; Solidago).

• Research Organization: Ohio State Univ., Columbus
• OSTI ID: 5100147
• Journal Information: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States) Vol. 22; ISSN BECTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR
AROMATICS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
CARBON 14
CARBON ISOTOPES
DDT
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVAPORATION
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FLUIDS
GASES
GRASS
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INSECTICIDES
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIGHT NUCLEI
MASS TRANSFER
NUCLEI
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PLANTS
RADIOISOTOPES
RUNOFF
SOILS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES