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Wildlife in some areas of New Mexico and Texas accumulate elevated DDE residues, 1983

Data gathered by an FWS monitoring program have identified an area of elevated DDE contamination in portions of new Mexico and Texas. Extensive wildlife sampling in 1983 confirmed that DDE was present at high concentrations in wildlife at selected sites in the Rio Grande and Pecos river drainages. D...

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Published in:Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology 1986-02, Vol.15 (2), p.149-157
Main Authors: WHITE, D. H, KRYNITSKY, A. J
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Data gathered by an FWS monitoring program have identified an area of elevated DDE contamination in portions of new Mexico and Texas. Extensive wildlife sampling in 1983 confirmed that DDE was present at high concentrations in wildlife at selected sites in the Rio Grande and Pecos river drainages. DDEe carcasses ranged up to 47 ppm in Western kingbirds, 35 ppm in house sparrows, 46 ppm in Brazilian bats, and 104 ppm in whiptail lizards. An average of 40% of the eggs of black-crowned night herons from two sites along the Pecos river had DDE levels that have been associated in other studies with impaired reproduction.
ISSN:0090-4341
1432-0703
DOI:10.1007/BF01059964