Authors: Amrita Malik Kunwar P Singh Priyanka Ojha
Publish Date: 2007/07/07
Volume: 78, Issue: 5, Pages: 335-340
Abstract
This study reports the levels and distribution patterns of some organochlorine pesticides OCPs in fish samples of the Gomti river India collected from three sites In the fish muscles ∑OCPs ranged between 258–2256 ng g−1 mean value 966 ± 560 ng g−1 Neither spatial nor temporal trends could be observed in distribution of the OCPs Aldrin was the predominant OCP whereas HCB and methoxychlor could not be detected αHCH and βHCH among the isomers of HCH and ppDDE among the metabolites of DDT were the most frequently detected OCPs The results revealed that the fish of the Gomti river are contaminated with various OCPs
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