title: Detection of persistent organic pollutants in the Mississippi Delta using semipermeable membrane devices.
abstract: From semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) placed in five Mississippi Delta streams in 1996 and 1997, the persistent organic pollutants (POPs) aldrin, chlordane, DCPA, DDT, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, mirex, nonachlor, and toxaphene were detected. In addition, the insecticides chlorpyriphos, endosulfan, and hexachlorocyclohexanes were detected. Two low-solubility herbicides not detected commonly in surface water, pendimethalin and trifluralin, were also detected.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas Center for Research, Lawrence 66045, USA. izimmer@usgs.gov
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Thurman
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Bastian
mesh_terms: D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D003634:DDT / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D005399:Fishes; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008922:Mississippi; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis*; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis*; D014274:Trifluralin / Q000032:analysis; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D010575:Pesticides; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014274:Trifluralin; D003634:DDT; C030856:pendimethalin