Are polychlorinated biphenyl residues adequately describe by aroclor mixture equivalents. Isomer-specific principal components analysis of such residues in fish and turtles

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987 · Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/es00155a008· OSTI ID:5787305

Schwartz, T R; Stalling, D L; Rice, C L

Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) residues from fish and turtles were analyzed with SIMCA (Soft Independent Modeling of Class Analogy), a principal components analysis technique. A series of technical Aroclors were also analyzed to provide a reference data set for pattern recognition. Environmental PCB residues are often expressed in terms of relative Aroclor composition. In this work, we assessed the similarity of Aroclors to class models derived for fish and turtles to ascertain if the PCB residues in the samples could be described by an Aroclor or Aroclor mixture. Using PCA, we found that these samples could not be described by an Aroclor or Aroclor mixture and that it would be inappropriate to report these samples as such. 18 references, 3 figures, 3 tables.

• Research Organization: Fish and Wildlife Service, Columbia, MO
• OSTI ID: 5787305
• Journal Information: Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States), Vol. 21:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
MEASURING METHODS
FISHES
CONTAMINATION
TURTLES
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
MIXTURES
RESIDUES
WATER POLLUTION
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AROMATICS
DATA
DISPERSIONS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
REPTILES
VERTEBRATES
520200* - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)
560300 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology