Processes controlling temporal trends in Gulf of Mexico oyster health and contaminant concentrations

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dc.acquisition-srcTerry Wade, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group at TAMU, College Station; per request.en_US
dc.call-noAcc# 6388en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorWade, T.L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPowell, E.N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJackson, T.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBrooks, J.M.en_US
dc.contributor.otherProceedings of the Marine Technology Society Global Ocean Partnership, held on October 19-20, 1992.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:23:02Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:23:02Z
dc.date.issued1992en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionp. 223-229en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractThe concentrations of PAH, DDT, PCB, dieldrin and chlordane in Gulf of Mexico oysters as cumulative percent for five consecutive years are discussed. Gulf-wide changes in contaminant concentrations are observed. PAH and DDT co-vary while PCB has a different distribution. The body burden of PAH and pesticides in oysters is correlated with latitude. Available evidence suggest a linkage between oyster health (infection intensity), reproductive effort and contaminant body burden. Analyses of oyster gonadal material confirms the reproductive process can purge contaminants from oysters, which confounds interpretation of contaminant body burden data.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeGulf Coasten_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/24289
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dc.locationGBIC Collectionen_US
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dc.relation.ispartofseries6388.00en_US
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dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectpolychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)en_US
dc.titleProcesses controlling temporal trends in Gulf of Mexico oyster health and contaminant concentrationsen_US
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