Dissipation of phloxine B and uranine in sediment and water at a Kauai spill site

The dissipation and fate of phloxine B and uranine were investigated at a spill site in Hawaii. The compounds have been used to control Mediterranean fruit flies in coffee fields. Water and sediment samples were collected at the site 12, 26, 82, 123, and 284 d after the spill. Results showed that th...

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Published in:Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 1998-10, Vol.61 (4), p.426-432
Main Authors: Li, Q.X. (University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, HI.), Bender, C.J.V, Alcantara-Licudine, J.P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
DYES
Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution
Eosine I Bluish - analysis
Fluorescein - analysis
Fresh water environment
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
HAWAII
Insecticides - analysis
phloxine B
SEDIMENT
Soil Pollutants - analysis
uranine
USA, Hawaii, Kauai I
WATER
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
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Summary:The dissipation and fate of phloxine B and uranine were investigated at a spill site in Hawaii. The compounds have been used to control Mediterranean fruit flies in coffee fields. Water and sediment samples were collected at the site 12, 26, 82, 123, and 284 d after the spill. Results showed that the concentrations of both compounds decreased over time, degrading quite rapidly in the water samples. Phloxine B, however, was markedly more persistent in the sediment samples than uranine. The distribution coefficients of phloxine B and uranine in sediment and in Lihue silty clay were determined to be 145.14 and 188.55, and 69.43 and 88.81, respectively.
ISSN:0007-4861
1432-0800
DOI:10.1007/s001289900780