US EPA

2169990 

Journal Article 

MONITORING OF DDT, PCBS, AND OTHER ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS IN MARINE ORGANISMS FROM THE NORTH AEGEAN SEA 

Kilikidis, SD; Psomas, JE; Kamarianos, AP; Panetsos, AG 

1981 

Yes 

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
ISSN: 0007-4861
EISSN: 1432-0800 

SPRINGER VERLAG 

NEW YORK 

PESTAB/81/2139 

26 

4 

496-501 

English 

6786400 

10.1007/BF01622126 

WOS:A1981LN50400011 

PESTAB. Samples were taken on the north coast of the Aegean Sea industrial and agricultural areas. The major areas sampled corresponded to an anomalous coastline formed by the deltas of the 6 main rivers, the Aliakmon, Loudias, Axios, Gallikos, Strymon and Nestos. These are the main sources of pesticide and PCB contamination of the north Greece coast. A total of 142 samples of fish and shellfish were collected. No peak corresponding to o,p'-DDT, dieldrin or heptachlor was observed in any sample. All samples had concentrations of aldrin lower than the detection limit of 0.01 ng. All samples contained PCBs and DDE. No significant differences were found in the distribution of total organochlorines in the organisms investigated, except for PCBs, which were more prevalent in Mytilus barbatus from the Strymonkos Gulf. Data from diverse geographic locations do indicate, however, a relative uniformity in total DDT residues in widely separated marine habitats. From these results it was noted that the north Aegean Sea is characterized by high levels of PCBs (340 ppb wet wt in Mytilus galloprovincialis), while the levels of SIGMADDT in the same organisms is low (14 ppb wet wt).