Pesticide residues in the ecosystem
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Abstract
Pesticide residues have become a component of nearly all living organisms. Nearly all California birds and fish collected in a 1963 pesticide survey contained residues. Discovery of DDT and metabolites in Antarctic animals in 1964 pushed the distribution of pesticides to the remotest portions of the globe. Exchange of pesticides in the aquatic world progresses rapidly, even in the quiet waters of a pond. Any segment of the ecosystem–marshland, pond, forest, or field–receives pesticides of varied amounts and kinds at irregular and unknown intervals. Phytoplankton communities are an important food base in aquatic environments whose productivity can be affected by rather small exposure to pesticides. Degradation and loss of chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides from the ecosystem has been shown to proceed slowly. Pesticide-tolerant or resistant populations of fish and possibly other cold-blooded vertebrates have been shown to exist in areas of the south long subjected to pesticide treatments.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Pesticide residues in the ecosystem |
| Series number | 8 |
| DOI | 10.2134/asaspecpub8.c11 |
| Year Published | 1966 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society of Agronomy and Soil Science Society of America, Inc |
| Publisher location | Madison, Wisconsin |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 13 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Monograph |
| Larger Work Title | Pesticides and their effects on soils and water |
| First page | 109 |
| Last page | 121 |
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