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Title Chlorinated organic residues in fish, water, and precipitation from the vicinity of Isle Royale, Lake Superior
Creator/Author Swain, W.R.
Publication Date1978 Jan 01
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 5607480
Other Number(s)CODEN: JGLRD
Resource TypeJournal Article
Resource RelationJ. Great Lakes Res. ; Vol/Issue: 4:3-4
Subject520200 -- Environment, Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989) ;500200 -- Environment, Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989); ;CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS-- PRECIPITATION SCAVENGING;LAKE SUPERIOR-- WATER QUALITY;ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS-- BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION;ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT;FISHES
Related SubjectANIMALS;AQUATIC ORGANISMS;AROMATICS;ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY;GREAT LAKES;HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;LAKES;MASS TRANSFER;ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS;SEPARATION PROCESSES;SURFACE WATERS;VERTEBRATES
Description/Abstract Studies of persistent organic contaminants for the upper lakes reference group of the International Joint Commission indicated increased levels of organic contamination in the flesh of fish taken from the vicinity of Isle Royale on Lake Superior.^Significant increases in levels of organic residues in Lake Superior fish near Isle Royale were observed in Lean Lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, and in Fat Lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush siscowet.^Siskiwit Lake, a deep cold lake on Isle Royale, well removed from the direct influences of man, was selected as a control site for studies on Lake Superior.^Values for several organic residues in the flesh of fish from Siskiwit Lake were significantly higher than corresponding fish from Lake Superior.^Polychlorinated biphenyls were nearly double the Lake Superior mean value, and p,p-dde showed a more than 10 fold increase in Siskiwit Lake.^These findings lead to a preliminary study of the transport of polychlorinated biphenyl compounds in atmospheric precipitation.^Data from the Isle Royale area are compared with metropolitan sites and with those of other investigators.
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatPages: 398-407
System Entry Date2001 May 13

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