Observations on the distribution of chlorinated hydrocarbons in Atlantic Ocean organisms

Authors

George R. Harvey, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543
Helen P. Miklas, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543
Vaughan T. Bowen, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543
William G. Steinhauer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543

Abstract

Industrial polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) and the DDT family (t-DDT) were measured in several species of organisms collected from the open Atlantic Ocean between 66°N and 35°S latitude. All the organisms had higher concentrations of PCBs than t-DDT. Many trophic levels were represented in the collections, but the analytical data offer no support for food chain magnification among gilled organisms....

Recommended Citation

Harvey, George R., Helen P. Miklas, Vaughan T. Bowen, and William G. Steinhauer. 1974. "Observations on the distribution of chlorinated hydrocarbons in Atlantic Ocean organisms." Journal of Marine Research 32, (2). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1281