PMID- 10705542
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20000411
LR  - 20190905
IS  - 0045-6535 (Print)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 40
IP  - 6
DP  - 2000 Mar
TI  - The deep-sea as a final global sink of semivolatile persistent organic 
      pollutants? Part II: Organochlorine pesticides in surface and deep-sea dwelling 
      fish of the north and south Atlantic and the Monterey Bay Canyon (California).
PG  - 661-70
AB  - The understanding of the global environmental multiphase distribution of 
      persistent organic pollutants (POPs) as a result of the physico-chemical 
      properties of the respective compounds is well established. We have analysed the 
      results of a vertical transport of POPs from surface water to deepwater in terms 
      of the contamination of the biota living in the respective environmental 
      compartments. Samples were taken from the North and the South Atlantic and from 
      the uprising water region of the continental shelf of California (Marine 
      Sanctuary Monterey Bay and its Canyon). The contents of persistent organochlorine 
      pesticides (DDTs, chlordanes, toxaphenes, HCHs, and HCB) in surface-living fish 
      are compared to those in deepwater fish of the same geographic area. The 
      deepwater biota show significantly higher burdens as compared to surface-living 
      species of the same region. There are also indications for recycling processes of 
      POPs of the class of organochlorine pesticides in the biophase of the abyss as 
      well. It can be concluded that the bio- and geophase of the deep-sea may act as 
      an ultimate global sink for persistent semivolatile contaminants in the marine 
      environment like the soil on the continents.
FAU - Looser, R
AU  - Looser R
AD  - Department of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, University of Ulm, Germany.
FAU - Froescheis, O
AU  - Froescheis O
FAU - Cailliet, G M
AU  - Cailliet GM
FAU - Jarman, W M
AU  - Jarman WM
FAU - Ballschmiter, K
AU  - Ballschmiter K
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - CIW5S16655 (DDT)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Atlantic Ocean
MH  - California
MH  - DDT/analysis
MH  - Ecosystem
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - *Fishes
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/*analysis
MH  - Pesticides/*analysis
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
EDAT- 2000/03/08 09:00
MHDA- 2000/04/15 09:00
CRDT- 2000/03/08 09:00
PHST- 2000/03/08 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/04/15 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2000/03/08 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0045-6535(99)00462-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0045-6535(99)00462-2 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2000 Mar;40(6):661-70. doi: 10.1016/s0045-6535(99)00462-2.