Contaminants in Ospreys from the Pacific Northwest: II. Organochlorine Pesticides, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, and Mercury, 1991–1997

Predicting the probability of detecting

Predicting the probability of detecting organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in stream systems on the basis of land use in the Pacific Northwest, USA

✍ Robert W. Black; Alan L. Haggland; Frank D. Voss 📂 Article 📅 2000 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 190 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract We analyzed streambed sediment and fish tissue (__Cottus__ sp.) at 30 sites in the Puget Sound and Willamette basins in Washington and Oregon, USA, respectively, for organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The study was designed to determine the concentrations of