Comparative Uptake and Biodegradability of DDT and Methoxychlor by Aquatic Organisms

Authors

  • Keturah A. Reinbold Illinois Natural History Survey
  • Inder P. Kapoor Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • William F. Childers Illinois Natural History Survey
  • Willis N. Bruce Illinois Natural History Survey
  • Robert L. Metcalf Department of Zoology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21900/j.inhs.v30.160

Abstract

The studies reported in this paper were designed to further test the biodegradability of methoxychlor and to compare in a laboratory aquatic environment (i) the uptake of DDT and methoxychlor directly from water by fishes, from water by crustaceans of the genus Daphnia and by snails of the genus Phijsa, and from daphnia by guppies in a daphnia-to-fish food chain and (ii) the subsequent elimination of the insecticides from the organisms.

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Published

1971-06-30

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Vol. 30 No. 1-8 (1972)

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Copyright (c) 1971 University of Illinois Board of Trustees

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Comparative Uptake and Biodegradability of DDT and Methoxychlor by Aquatic Organisms. (1971). Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin, 30(1-8), 405-417. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.inhs.v30.160