Distribution, Trends, And Governing Factors Pesticides in Stream Sediment and Aquatic Biota © 1999 by CRC Press LLC Lisa H. Nowell, U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, California Paul D. Capel, U.S. Geological Survey, Minneapolis, Minnesota Peter D. Dileanis, U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, California Distribution, Trends, And Governing Factors Pesticides in Stream Sediment and Aquatic Biota Volume Four of the Series Pesticides in the Hydrologic System Robert J. Gilliom, Series Editor U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program [...]... reservoirs, rivers and streams (as in Gilliom and others, 19 85; Allan and Ball, 19 90; Pereira and Rostad, 19 90; Schmitt and others, 19 90; Larson and others, 19 97); marine and estuarine systems (as in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 19 87, 19 88); and precipitation (as in Nations and Hallberg, 19 92; Majewski and Capel, 19 95) The detection of DDT and its transformation products in fish and mammals... pesticide use in agricultural, home and garden, and industry settings in the United States, and detections in ground water, surface water, rain, air, sediment, and aquatic biota 3.6 Analysis of pesticides in bed sediment and analysis of pesticides in aquatic biota 3.7 Selected physical and chemical properties of pesticide analytes that were targeted in bed sediment and aquatic biota studies 3.8 Aldrin plus... during 19 60 19 94) and recently published (19 84 19 94) studies © 19 99 by CRC Press LLC LIST OF TABLES Note: Pages out of sequence indicate that some tables have been placed at the end of the book 1. 1 Summary of review articles and books on pesticides in bed sediment and aquatic biota in the United States or on processes governing sorption and bioaccumulation 2 .1 Pesticides in bed sediment and aquatic biota. .. for 50 percent inhibition of [3H ]17 β-estradiol binding to aER by environmental chemicals 6 .11 Dieldrin residues in human adipose tissue, 19 63 19 76 6 .12 Frequency of pesticides and metabolites detected in urine from persons 12 –74 years old, United States, 19 76 19 80 6 .13 Percentage of samples that contained the most frequently detected pesticides, and the number of pesticides detected, in the FDA Total... review articles and books are listed in Table 1. 1 (located at end of chapter) , along with a brief description of their scope Many are process-oriented reviews, focusing on bioconcentration or bioaccumulation (e.g., Johnson, 19 73; Hamelink and Spacie, 19 77; Kenaga and Goring, 19 80; Spacie and Hamelink, 19 85; Farrington, 19 89; Barron, 19 90; Landrum and others, 19 92), sediment sorption and transport processes... monitored pesticides in bed sediment 6.7 Percentage of studies in probability of adverse effects classes, Tiers 1, 2, and 3, for pesticides in bed sediment 6.8 Standards and guidelines for pesticides in aquatic biota 6.9 Selected results of studies that monitored pesticides in whole fish and the percentage of those studies that exceeded guidelines for the protection of fish-eating wildlife 6 .10 Inhibitor... (Cade and others, 19 68; Addison and Smith, 19 74) and the Antarctic (George and Frear, 19 66; Sladen and others, 19 66; Peterle, 19 69) demonstrates the global scale of pesticide distribution Pesticide contamination of bed sediment and aquatic biota is of long-standing concern The pesticides of greatest concern in these media have been the organochlorine insecticides These compounds contain predominantly... them in the United States during the 19 70s and early 19 80s Only four organochlorine insecticides were still used in agriculture in the United States in 19 88: dicofol, endosulfan, lindane, and methoxychlor (Gianessi and Puffer, 19 92b) However, DDT, toxaphene, and other organochlorine insecticides continue to be used elsewhere in the world, especially in developing countries in the southern hemisphere and. .. rivers and estuaries in the United States: National and multistate monitoring studies 2.2 Pesticides in bed sediment and aquatic biota from rivers in the United States: State and local monitoring studies 2.3 Pesticides in bed sediment and aquatic biota from rivers in the United States: Process and matrix distribution studies 2.4 General study characteristics condensed from Tables 2 .1, 2.2, and 2.3 3 .1 Total... sites and samples, and corresponding aggregate detection frequencies (in percent) of pesticides in bed sediment from United States rivers, calculated by combining data from the monitoring studies in Tables 2 .1 and 2.2 3.2 Total number of sites and samples, and corresponding aggregate detection frequencies (in percent) of pesticides in aquatic biota from United States rivers, calculated by combining data . Survey, Minneapolis, Minnesota Peter D. Dileanis, U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, California Distribution, Trends, And Governing Factors Pesticides in Stream Sediment and Aquatic Biota Volume. 2 .1. Pesticides in bed sediment and aquatic biota from rivers and estuaries in the United States: National and multistate monitoring studies Appendix B Table 2.2. Pesticides in bed sediment and. Distribution, Trends, And Governing Factors Pesticides in Stream Sediment and Aquatic Biota © 19 99 by CRC Press LLC Lisa H. Nowell, U.S. Geological