Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Dieldrin uptake by larvae of the crab Leptodius floridanus

  • Published:
Marine Biology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The rate of uptake of 14C-dieldrin by crab larvae (Leptodius floridanus) from 0.5 ppb in seawater and from 213 ppb (dry weight) in their food was measured. It was found that, if equal concentrations of dieldrin were available to the larvae in their food and in seawater, the animals would accumulate the pesticide about 8000 times as fast from the water as from the food.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

Literature Cited

  • Epifanio, C. E.: Effects of dieldrin in seawater on the development of two species of crab larvae, Leptodius floridanus and Panopeus herbstii. Mar. Biol. 11, 356–362 (1971).

    Google Scholar 

  • — Effects of dieldrin-contaminated food on the development of Leptodius floridanus larvae. Mar. Biol. 13, 292–297 (1972).

    Google Scholar 

  • Grezenda, A. R., D. R. Paris and W. J. Taylor: The uptake, metabolism, and elimination of chlorinated residues by goldfish (Carassius auratus) fed a 14C-DDT contaminated diet. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 99, 385–396 (1970).

    Google Scholar 

  • Harrison, H. L., O. L. Loacks, J. W. Mitchell, D. F. Parkhurst, C. R. Tracy, D. G. Watts and V. J. Yannacone, Jr.: Systems studies of DDT transport. Science, N.Y. 170, 503–508 (1970).

    Google Scholar 

  • Hayes, N. F.: Solutes and solvents for liquid scintillation counting. Tech. Bull. Packard Instrum. Co. 1, p. 4 (1963).

    Google Scholar 

  • Hunt, E. G., and A. I. Bischoff: Inimical effects on wildlife of periodie DDD applications to Clear Lake. Calif. Fish Game 46, 91–106 (1960).

    Google Scholar 

  • Macek, K. H. and S. Korn: Significance of food chain in DDT accumulation by fish. J. Fish. Res. Bd Can. 27, 1496–1498 (1970).

    Google Scholar 

  • Sheets, T. J., M. Jackson and L. D. Phelps: A water monitoring system for pesticides in North Carolina. Rep. Wat. Resour. Res. Inst. Univ. N. Carolina 19, 1–59, 1–46 (1969).

    Google Scholar 

  • Reinert, R. E.: The accumulation of dieldrin in an alga (Scenedesmus obliquis), daphnia (Daphnia magna), guppy (Lebistes reticulatus) food chain. Unpublished Ph. D. dissertation, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1967.

    Google Scholar 

  • Woodwell, G. M., C. F. Wurster, Jr. and P. A. Isaacson: DDT residues in an East Coast estuary: a case of biological concentration of a persistent pesticide. Science, N.Y. 156, 821–823 (1967).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Author notes

  1. C. E. Epifanio

    Present address: College of Marine Studies, Field Station, University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Zoology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    C. E. Epifanio

Authors
  1. C. E. Epifanio
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

Communicated by J. Bunt. Miami

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Epifanio, C.E. Dieldrin uptake by larvae of the crab Leptodius floridanus . Marine Biology 19, 320–322 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00348901

Download citation

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00348901

Keywords

Search

Navigation