Biomaterial Database

Organochlorine residues in fish of Lake Texoma, October 1979. 1980

R G Hunter, and J H Carroll, and J C Randolph

Fillets from 99 fish, representing 11 species and three areas within Lake Texoma, were examined for residues of common organochlorines. Statistical analyses were conducted to determine the relationship of residues in fish fillets to trophic level and to geographical location of the sample. Most species contained PCBs at levels up to 100 ng/g and p,p'-DDE as high as 127 ng/g. p,p'-TDE and o,p'-DDT were not found in carnivores, but were present in herbivores and detritivores in amounts up to 36 ng p,p'-TDE/g and 17 ng o,p'-DDT/g. Heptachlor also was not found in carnivores, but was present as high as 37 ng/g in the other two classes. Chlordane ranged to 24 ng/g and was detected in all trophic levels. Dieldrin and p,p'-DDT were present in detritivores and carnivores up to 144 ng dieldrin/g and 410 ng p,p'-DDT/g. Neither substance was found in herbivores. Mirex, endrin, and heptachlor epoxide were present only at low levels. Statistically significant differences (P = 0.05) were found between trophic levels for seven of the eleven organochlorine compounds. No correlation (P = 0.05) was found between fillet concentrations of any parameter and geographical location of the sample.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007306	Insecticides	Pesticides designed to control insects that are harmful to man. The insects may be directly harmful, as those acting as disease vectors, or indirectly harmful, as destroyers of crops, food products, or textile fabrics.	Insecticide
D009825	Oklahoma	State bounded on the north by Kansas, on the east by Missouri and Arkansas, on the south by Texas, and on the west by New Mexico.
D010573	Pesticide Residues	Pesticides or their breakdown products remaining in the environment following their normal use or accidental contamination.	Pesticide Residue,Residue, Pesticide,Residues, Pesticide
D005399	Fishes	A group of cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates having gills, fins, a cartilaginous or bony endoskeleton, and elongated bodies covered with scales.
D006843	Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated	Hydrocarbon compounds with one or more of the hydrogens replaced by CHLORINE.	Chlorinated Hydrocarbon,Chlorinated Hydrocarbons,Organochlorine Compound,Chlorine Compounds, Organic,Organochlorine Compounds,Compound, Organochlorine,Compounds, Organic Chlorine,Compounds, Organochlorine,Hydrocarbon, Chlorinated,Organic Chlorine Compounds
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013045	Species Specificity	The restriction of a characteristic behavior, anatomical structure or physical system, such as immune response; metabolic response, or gene or gene variant to the members of one species. It refers to that property which differentiates one species from another but it is also used for phylogenetic levels higher or lower than the species.	Species Specificities,Specificities, Species,Specificity, Species
D013781	Texas	State bounded on the north by Oklahoma, on the east by Arkansas and Louisiana, on the south by Mexico, and on the west by New Mexico.