ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE SOUTHERN-OCEAN AND ANTARCTICA, JANUARY MARCH, 1990

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作者
BIDLEMAN, TF
WALLA, MD
ROURA, R
CARR, E
SCHMIDT, S
机构
[1] UNIV S CAROLINA, DEPT CHEM, COLUMBIA, SC 29208 USA
[2] GREENPEACE ANTARCT EXPEDIT, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
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10.1016/0025-326X(93)90064-Q
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
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Chlorinated pesticides in air were measured from the Greenpeace ship Gondwana between New Zealand and Ross Island, January-March, 1990. Geometric mean concentrations (pg m-3) were: alpha and gamma-hexachlorocyclohexanes = 4.0 and 3.8, hexachlorobenzene = 60, heptachlor epoxide=0.52, chlordanes+nonachlors=1.8, p,p'-DDE+p,p'-DDT=0.81. A trend of decreasing pesticide concentration at higher latitudes was noted. The low levels of DDTs found in this study and also by Larsson et al. (1992) during 1988-90 on Ross Island indicates that atmospheric DDT over the Southern Ocean has dropped markedly in the last decade. Recent concentrations of DDTs in Antarctic air are similar to those in the Arctic.
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