DDE residues in young wood ducks (Aix sponsa) near a former DDT manufacturing plant.
Breast muscle DDE residues were as high as 5.8 ppm wet-weight basis and 280 ppm lipid-weight basis in young wood ducks (Aix sponsa) collected on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge near a former DDT manufacturing plant in northern Alabama. The average DDE residue in wood ducks collected nearest the plant was 46 times background levels 74 km from the plant.
D000407:Alabama; D000818:Animals; D003634:DDT; D003633:Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene / Q000032:analysis*; D004345:Drug Industry; D004372:Ducks / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
D014873:Water Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D003633:Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene; D003634:DDT