The current study evaluated certain emerging contaminants in the Susurluk sub-basin, which is under significant anthropogenic pollution pressure. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), organochlorine insecticides, and microplastics were investigated from both surface sediment samples collected dry wet seasons. In Kocaçay river reaching Marmara Sea, γ-HCH β-HCH...

Measurements of chlordecone, an organochlorine insecticide with high persistence in natural environments, have been carried out on several species and genus macroalgae Guadeloupe Martinique. These data were statistically compared to determine the ability Dictyota accumulate other collected macroalgae. The comparisons conducted between phylogenetic groups (Rhodophyta, Phaeophyta Chlorophyta), si...

This paper reviews current scientific literature to provide information for avoiding errors commonly made in comparing and interpreting datasets from laboratories measuring organochlorine contaminants cetaceans. Before making comparisons interpretations using heterogeneous (e.g. those different or methods the same laboratory), it is essential consider specific about animals sampled age, sex, re...

BACKGROUND Organochlorine contaminants (OCs), like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs), are widespread marine pollutants resulting from massive historical use and environmental persistence. Exposure to and health effects of these OCs in the marine environment may be examined by studying California sea lions (Zalophus californianus), which are long lived,...

This is the first part of a study that evaluates the influence of nonpoint-source contaminants on the sediment quality of five streams within the metropolitan Kansas City area, central United States. Surficial sediment was collected in 2003 from 29 sites along five streams with watersheds that extend from the core of the metropolitan area to its development fringe. Sediment was analyzed for 16 ...

Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) were listed as endangered in the United States in 1970, largely due to reproductive failure and mortality caused by organochlorine contaminants, such as DDT. The southeast population, P.o. carolinensis, was delisted in 1985, while the west coast population, P.o. californicus, was not delisted until 2009. As fish-eating coastal seabirds, brown pelicans may...