Atmospheric transport of persistent pollutants governs uptake by holarctic terrestrial biota

Journal Article · Mon Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990 · Environmental Science and Technology; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/es00080a023· OSTI ID:5467324

Larsson, P; Okla, L; Woin, Per ^[1]

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1. Limnology, Lund (Sweden)

The atmospheric deposition of PCBs, DDT, and lindane, governed uptake in terrestrial biota in the Scandinavian peninsula. Mammalian herbivores and predators as well as predatory insects contained higher levels of pollutants at locations where the fallout load was high than at stations where atmospheric deposition was lower, and the two variables were significantly correlated.

• OSTI ID: 5467324
• Journal Information: Environmental Science and Technology; (United States), Journal Name: Environmental Science and Technology; (United States) Vol. 24:10; ISSN ESTHA; ISSN 0013-936X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540200* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- (1990-)
ANIMALS
AROMATICS
ARTHROPODS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EUROPE
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
INSECTS
INVERTEBRATES
MAMMALS
MASS TRANSFER
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
POLLUTANTS
SCANDINAVIA
VERTEBRATES