title: Compartmentalization of 14C-DDT in an experimental old-field plot.
abstract: Of the 2.81 X 10(6) micrograms DDT applied to the plot in June 1976, 2.58 X 10(6) micrograms (91.8%) were accounted for as of June 1977. Silk screens, ethylene glycol air samples, and run-off contained 40.57 X 40(-3)%, 0.09 X 10(-3)%, and 1.18 X 10(-3)%, respectively of the DDT aplied. Soil was the major sink for DDT in this study, with 91.8% of the applied DDT located there. Most of the remaining 8.2% was probably lost during the formulation and application of the 14C-DDT granules, some was probably lost in organisms (mainly flying insects) leaving the plot, and some was accounted for by experimental error and error in the counting technique.
mesh_terms: D000388:Air / Q000032:analysis; D003634:DDT / Q000032:analysis*; D009820:Ohio; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D006109:Poaceae; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D014867:Water; D003634:DDT