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Title:  Uptake, absorption efficiency and elimination of DDT in marine phytoplankton, copepods and fish.
 
Authors:  Wang X, Wang W-X
 
Drug:  DDT-(Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)
 
Fish species:  Snapper, mangrove red
 
Date:  2005
 
Sample:  whole body
 
Ave Water temp (°C):  18
 
Water:  Saltwater
 
Dosage:  Fed copepods that had been labeled with 5uCi (14C) DDT for 12 h.
 
Route:  PO
 
Comments:  (14C)DDT. Majority of dietary DDT was retained by fish (77-99%) but absobtion from water is the more significant route per authors. Depuration: K2 = 0.002/d, with very little DDT in gills, most retained in the residual carcass (minus gill and viscera).
 
Citation:  Environmental Pollution 136:453-464
 
Link:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2005.01.004  Opens a new window
 
Genus Species:  Lutjanus argentimaculatus
 
Drug Class:  Organic-Chlorinated-Pesticide
 
Wt gm-detail:  1.5-2.5 cm
 
Water temp (°C)-detail:  18 C
 
Dosage-detail:  Fed copepods that had been labeled with 5uCi (14C) DDT for 12 h.
 
Method:  Rad
 
Authors-red:  WangX, Wang W-W
 
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