PMID- 23597795
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130802
LR  - 20130520
IS  - 1879-3363 (Electronic)
IS  - 0025-326X (Linking)
VI  - 70
IP  - 1-2
DP  - 2013 May 15
TI  - Baseline occurrence of organochlorine pesticides and other xenobiotics in the 
      marine environment: Caribbean and Pacific collections.
PG  - 289-95
LID - S0025-326X(13)00143-4 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.03.003 [doi]
AB  - This ongoing survey reports the levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in 
      sea surface slicks collected on a global circumnavigation. Hydrophobic xenobiotic 
      compounds such as POPs are known to accumulate on the sea surface in slicks at 
      concentrations many fold greater than the underlying water column, raising 
      concerns about the ecological impacts due to the high biological activity 
      associated with this zone. Six different categories of POPs were reported: 
      chlorobenzenes, hexachlorocyclohexanes, chlordane related compounds, 
      organochlorine pesticides and other cyclodiene pesticides, DDTs and metabolites, 
      and polychlorinated biphenyls. Concentrations ranged from <1ngL(-1) to 
      18.45mugL(-1). Ranking analysis indicates an independence of detected 
      concentrations for each class of compounds and their geographical locations. 
      Although concentrations observed were normally low and below commonly accepted 
      toxic levels to animals and humans, they fall within the effective range of 
      concentrations of many hormones and neurotransmitters, thus could potentially act 
      as endocrine disrupters.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Menzies, Robert
AU  - Menzies R
AD  - Academy of Marine Sciences, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA. frenzyii@gmail.com
FAU - Soares Quinete, Natalia
AU  - Soares Quinete N
FAU - Gardinali, Piero
AU  - Gardinali P
FAU - Seba, Douglas
AU  - Seba D
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20130415
PL  - England
TA  - Mar Pollut Bull
JT  - Marine pollution bulletin
JID - 0260231
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 0 (Xenobiotics)
SB  - IM
MH  - Caribbean Region
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/*analysis
MH  - Oceans and Seas
MH  - Pacific Ocean
MH  - Pesticides
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
MH  - Water Pollution, Chemical/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Xenobiotics/*analysis
EDAT- 2013/04/20 06:00
MHDA- 2013/08/03 06:00
CRDT- 2013/04/20 06:00
PHST- 2012/12/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/03/13 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2013/03/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/04/20 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/04/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/08/03 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0025-326X(13)00143-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.03.003 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mar Pollut Bull. 2013 May 15;70(1-2):289-95. doi: 
      10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.03.003. Epub 2013 Apr 15.