Spatial distribution of Chlorpyrifos and Endosulfan in USA coastal waters and the Great Lakes
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Date
1999
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Between 1994 and 1997, 258 tissue and 178 sediment samples were analyzed for chlorpyrifos throughout the coastal United States and the Great Lakes. Subsequently, 95 ofthe 1997 tissue samples were reanalyzed for endosulfan. Tissue chlorpyrifos concentrations, which exceeded the 90th percentile, were found in coastal regions known to have highagricultural use rates but also strongly correlated with sites near high population. The highest concentrations of endosulfans in contrast, were generally limited to agricultural regions of the country. Detections of chlorpyrifos at several Alaskan sites suggest an atmospherictransport mechanism. Many Great Lakes sites had chlorpyrifos tissue concentrations above the 90th percentile which decreased with increasing distance from the Corn Belt region (Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin) where most agriculturally applied chlorpyrifos is used. Correlation analysis suggests that fluvial discharge is the primary transport pathway on the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts for chlorpyrifos but not necessarily for endosulfans. (PDF contains 28 pages)Issue/Article Nr
140Publisher or University
NOAA/National Ocean Service/National Centers for Coastal Ocean ScienceSeries : Nr
NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS CCMAResource/Dataset Location
http://ccma. nos.noaa.gov/Publications/tm140.pdfCollections