Biological transfer and loss of /sup 36/Cl-labeled DDT in an old-field ecosystem

Technical Report · Fri Apr 20 04:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5760759· OSTI ID:5760759

Peterle, T J

An enclosed 10-acre old-field plot treated in June 1969, with chlorine-36 labeled DDT was sampled each year from 1969 through 1974 to monitor the fate of the insecticide in the soil and biota. In order to provide data on compartmentalization of DDT in the vegetation, invertebrates and vertebrates inhabiting the plot, sampling was carried out to estimate both body burdens of DDT and biomass of populations. Another aspect of this study, the determination of rates of accumulation of residues by invertebrates and vertebrates, has been reported previously (Forsyth and Peterle 1973; Forsyth et al. 1975; Peterle 1975). This report describes (a) temporal patterns of DDT residues in soil and biota from 1969 through 1974 and (b) quantities of DDT held in the soil and biotic compartments of the ecosystem. Part II of the report is concerned with translocation and accumulation of/sup 14/C-DDT.

• Research Organization: Ohio State Univ., Columbus (USA). Dept. of Zoology
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 5760759
• Report Number(s): COO-1358-16
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
ADSORPTION
AIR
AROMATICS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CARBON 14
CARBON ISOTOPES
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DDT
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FLUIDS
GASES
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INSECTICIDES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIGHT NUCLEI
LOSSES
MASS TRANSFER
NUCLEI
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
RADIOISOTOPES
RESIDUES
SAMPLING
SCINTILLATION COUNTING
SOILS
SORPTION
SURFACE WATERS
TRACER TECHNIQUES
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES