Toxaphene and other persistent organochlorine pesticides in three species of albatrosses from the north and south pacific ocean

摘要

Toxapphene and other persistent organochlorine(OC) pesticides (chlordane-related compounds[∑CHL], DDT-related compounds[∑DDT], hexachlorocyclohexanes[∑HCH], tris(p-chloro-phenyl) methane, hexachlorobenzene, octachlorostyrene, diel- drin)were determined in fat of Laysan albatross(Diomedea immutabilis) and in fat and eggs of blackfooted albatross(Diomedea nigripes) from the central north Pacific Ocean. The HCH isomers and chlordane- and DDT-related compounds were also determined in eggs of northern royal albatross(Diomedea sanfordi) collected in New Zealand. Toxaphene was detected in fat samples at mean ±standard deviation(SD) levels ranging from 243±61 ng/g wet weight in Laysan albatross to 1,020±237 ng/g wet weight in blackfooted albatross.