DDT in Mytilus edulis: spatio-temporal variations in the Punta Banda Estuary, Baja California, Mexico
| Autor: | Bernardo P. Flores-Baez, Manuel Salvador Galindo-Bect |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Toxicology DDT Hexachlorobenzene Animals Mollusca Invertebrate Pollutant geography geography.geographical_feature_category biology Ecology Estuary General Medicine Mussel Pesticide Chlorodiphenyl (54% Chlorine) Bivalvia biology.organism_classification Lipid Metabolism Pollution Mytilus Oceanography Environmental science Seasons Hexachlorocyclohexane Water Pollutants Chemical |
| Zdroj: | Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology. 46(2) |
| ISSN: | 0007-4861 |
| Popis: | The mussel Mytilus sp. has been widely used as a sentinel organism or biological indicator of organic pollutants in the marine environment. In studies recently carried out in Baja California, Mexico, it was found that the spatial and temporal variations of DDT in samples of the mussel Mytilus californianus collected from the area exposed to the ocean do not follow a defined pattern and that the highest values of DDT are found at the border with the US. The Maneadero Valley in Baja California, Mexico, is an agricultural area where important volumes of pesticides are applied, part of which are transported to the Punta Banda Estuary where they remain for an undetermined period of time during which they are consumed and bioaccumulated by organisms. The main objective of the present work is to determine the levels and temporal variation of DDT in the mussel Mytilus edulis in the Punta Banda Estuary, Baja California. With the results, the authors will define the dynamics of this pollutant in the estuary. |
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