STOUT: ORGANOCHLORINE RESIDUES IN FISHES 



Table 5. — Dieldrin and endrin in fishes from the northwest 

 Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, nd = not detected; nq == not 

 quantifiable. 



'Number of composites, each consisting of 1 fish. 



erel from Panama City, Fla. The species with the 

 highest Hpid contents contained the highest con- 

 centrations of chlorinated hydrocarbons. Sig- 

 nificant correlations (P<0.05) were found between 

 lipid and size and between lipid and chlorinated 

 hydrocarbon content in two of the six species. In 

 two other species the correlation between lipid and 

 either SDDT or PCB was significant. In all cases 

 but one, the chlorinated hydrocarbon levels were 

 substantially below the U.S. Food and Drug Ad- 

 ministration guidelines: 5 ppm SDDT, 2 ppm PCB, 

 and 0.3 ppm dieldrin and endrin. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



I thank the Southeast Fisheries Center Charles- 

 ton Laboratory, NMFS, NOAA, for providing the 

 samples and Laura G. Lewis for technical support 

 throughout this research. Russell F. Kappenman, 

 Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center Fisheries 

 Data & Management Systems Division, provided 

 guidance for statistical analyses. 



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