:DDT in fish-eating birds (pelicans) 25 ppm DDT in large fish (needlefish) 2 ppm. Concentration DDT in small fish (minnows) 0.5 ppm has increased 10 million times DDT in small - zooplankton 0.04 ppm DDT in water -0.000003 ppm Figure 18.12 The concentration of the pesticide DDT in the fatty tissues of organisms was biologically amplified approximately 10 million times in this food chain of an estuary adjacent to Long Island Sound, near New York City. Dots represent DDT, and arrows show small losses of DDT through respiration and excretion. Concentrations of DDT interfere with, among other functions, calcium metabolism. Pelicans off the California coast were similarly affected and unable to form proper eggshells. Their population plummeted. Bujween abeb ueg e
:DDT in fish-eating birds (pelicans) 25 ppm DDT in large fish (needlefish) 2 ppm. Concentration DDT in small fish (minnows) 0.5 ppm has increased 10 million times DDT in small - zooplankton 0.04 ppm DDT in water -0.000003 ppm Figure 18.12 The concentration of the pesticide DDT in the fatty tissues of organisms was biologically amplified approximately 10 million times in this food chain of an estuary adjacent to Long Island Sound, near New York City. Dots represent DDT, and arrows show small losses of DDT through respiration and excretion. Concentrations of DDT interfere with, among other functions, calcium metabolism. Pelicans off the California coast were similarly affected and unable to form proper eggshells. Their population plummeted. Bujween abeb ueg e
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Transcribed Image Text::DDT in fish-eating
birds (pelicans)
25 ppm
DDT in large
fish (needlefish)
2 ppm.
Concentration
DDT in small
fish (minnows)
0.5 ppm
has increased
10 million times
DDT in small
- zooplankton
0.04 ppm
DDT in water
-0.000003 ppm
Figure 18.12 The concentration of the pesticide DDT in the fatty tissues of organisms was biologically
amplified approximately 10 million times in this food chain of an estuary adjacent to Long Island Sound, near
New York City. Dots represent DDT, and arrows show small losses of DDT through respiration and excretion.
Concentrations of DDT interfere with, among other functions, calcium metabolism. Pelicans off the California
coast were similarly affected and unable to form proper eggshells. Their population plummeted.
Bujween abeb ueg e
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