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Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Global Ecosystem
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R. W. P .lsr^ O 'JGH I*. KIFCME lnTtilurc tA K r/in R lo v r i,
| .U*ivcr*ity t i California. berkeley 9-720
ID. D. PcAKALL
fjlvl;ir.n of Ctolojy and Syuonm lcs, Cc*'ndlUi)i*?>^iy. Itfllu , l-Jtw York H 7M
S. G. HERMAN Department of Zon!o*yt Univenlty of California, Davi* 95414
M. N. KlflVEN San DIcjo NaiurM Hlitory Mutern, PO tox 1593, San DIcjo, California 921II
Polychlorinated blphcnyk are widely dis persed In the oiobsl ccorysrom, and are powerful inducer s ofliopsilcenryrrius which drgrtdc oestrrdiol. Together
with other chlorlnstcd biocides, such as DDT, they could account for a large
lart of the aberration in calcium mew*
olisni v/lilch lias been observed In many
(pedes of birds since the Second World War.
Dtxi.iNiso population of rnploriol and fljh-coting 2,2`li>p-cWorop!ittiylH'thiuio), DDIJ (I,l-dicliloru-2,2 -4i5
bir.i- in Civn! Uritnhi1and Xorili Am ir inn1Jnwo pro.lured (p -lilorphonyIj/thitno) und toxuplwuo oro drliy*Iro
thin rhciivil (':m finto tin* period r.fvcr tho Second World chluriim iul by eupuniticuiion with alculiolio KO!I. V.Vr. A widi-ipreiid change hi thn chetnicol cnviionment T e n ia nob degraded by cithor jiroccduro.
which (iIfe lt'd l ho cr.k'hmi piiyriolvsy of Uuto Rpmr-s
rviilt-nily orcvirrvd nt 11vat time. T he chlorinated hydro* Tabl l, .lu c ix x n a iivr>r.i>CAr.B95S u r xomm ameutci* rrr.ccr.iy r
cnib**iis, which enmo ir.to peiuT.it lira in bhu IDjOj, m ay now bo lh*> inotl abundant rent liotic pollutnuU present
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poImint ion uf these ipocica continue to produco normal
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I" r**''ne* I.`Icon i:i cniith'V.vsNTii Xurth A iih t c a . w I uto a i' .ininiii p:tpuli|i on miiin (unpublUlii'd work ef .'I N'. K , It, \ \\ ]*., and 8. C. if.). Analysis ol' this
*Ti ji rh'iwivl tlvnt it contained alinosi 5 m s
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mi iplif il n-. unirli n *ln* r e a - miI i. ih **1 ii. pr.-nMi- j-i-no,
\vlirn*as olb.*r |H rrurinn
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lurin^ n-piudm:lii*n or in lici* llu* Mrruinl W.-iNI W ar btivr la r n Ibin In-lini
liin-r of Muri .vti.H I.r siri'** Cullili Ih* ixpi-cli'd lt> rnii*.c (n f. 2, and I). \V. AmiIit^oh. I>. Ilic k rv nini it. I'. Clirston*
rhuii,u*s in il" inlrrtm l d i/lribm im i o r chim i. fidi* in prr('uruliuii). Il.-spiln ollciul proti f t iur. th e
l.yi!r..;.|iit"H1. ibernai ltyilniyylu*v lU'liv ily in tini survivin'.' bini* un* ai il] xiibjiTU-d I*ahonl in^ b y porisiiii-ii
livi-r li. -Ili intT-n<f ni 1In- tim o. DivUlrin cu:ivm rat mi* orni io Imni'-.iui-ut u t (ha ->ricM. If lluvi: ro n ld by
v.vn- I.iAiT flu ii in ilio pcrccrinn# nnulivcd in U rituiu, t-fcClively nuli iced ila* po|ailntin iniplil y r t survive. Imi ) 'l ) l i cait-on tra non* Moro u]ipt.Ninntely coni- In Tbh' 3 aro prcM-ittcd ilio ripul nr (iiinlyur* of
marino and lrrn*trinl birds unti of llm v specilli of ircsh*
Tubi** 2 )>ri\*-'iiU ilio resids or umuy*es or prreqrmc- water
for I'CII mal DJ)T cntitcut and cmic*'nirntirin.
iti.-y #p-n*m, remains o fv h irh wero eollccled ni eyries in From ilia ratio of total J)DT io i'Cll, it is u]ip.*ruii tlait
ji,ij. l'.ilivrni.., ZU>r.en. W ith llu* t-xcrprimi nf tlm regiunni fuliniti pallenti exist. In nex t of the birds Jvi,;iim^ uf uno U'imiruinK dovo (ZrnmVuru uacroaio) from 3(in ITimcij-ro Hay uliicb litui- Ixtji minlysrd.
alai or (b>.*o jUh limi U'i:ontir. vierti), prey interini iiicUtding ju-leprine falcons (Tiiblc t) and ctxs of the
fimiut ut four pyr**s t" iisiiicd of Wit birds. O llirw . Ilio wc^lcnv gall, the Caspian tern ami Iho bliick-rruwncd i-.iivd jrrcha f/V/iVr/w cospicui) mui lito black pelrvl night heron (Table 3), ilio raiiu was bclnxvn olio and two. (/.w r fa n tn .rifin*/) constituted o2 (imi 23 per coni, Another Mut-k.crowned ni^ht heron egg had n i\*}iiciilly
ivsp.'Oiivel.v. of ili.* r.'inoins.
Ill.ic'i
like oilier polirla orni elicnrivAler
(Table 3;, ciolnmi-.i .pecially Wei cvr.ccutent ions of
boti DDT nr.il 3VH. Hr)rotinetiro success in ibi
*'occim`* protiie* engci-iittiig that tho adult fein.-ilo luul
wiplrrrd rioni: the const. In most of tho birds from tho Fnm Don Islands, which are 27 miles west of thr Goltier Coro Jlridge* this ratio wus belwerti 2 mid 3. In tho
population of j'-.Trpii.cH necios io bit subnormal. In Gulf of l'dimma where ]?CM conimuiuniion might corno
IUIS no pnir.i uuro nb,<vvud io batch or fledgo moro than from tho Cimai Zeno and industrial nrccs in Ponamit a i:i;lo yon:i[.. )u ilio past. twu lo four y iu in g .th e City, tho nitiu is bviMt-cn l and 2 O'nble 3).
inimln-r normally pnvlured by licnltliy prrcpriiiei!J,i,p In tho Gulf or California, a rvgion rolativrly remoto
nero raided by nudi pair (L. W, WnlUtn*, |v;rsoival cotti* from the simrce of either DOT or l 'CM coutamirmtion,
nmi.irai imi)- Tlm tiiirkiit-sr of fmgtncnM of a {orrpritio (ho ratio was in mo-t eases Approximately 9 or 10. Thu
ct*i*-b'.li. with itk iacmi inmc, colvetro in ittOS beliu* mi w true in the egg of the peregrino falcon frnblc I),
vili- where (.ile nvitiiv l.'Uciicil, was 0 l ima a dcerea<p in all of the black poiml* mid least pnlrclt onnlvHil*
nf PI p-r .*ni lYn,-,i ili-;- :iu\in l'.jicl.'lli'SS o f W l n)ii*.0-ilis in the Cmvvn's niarode.ia riV.b1.* 2), in five of W osprvy
mm {il.# par t--ni p..ut`ui'fi(p leve!) i(i tuvniy-thrcu eggs cogs m;:l in ,ix oi wvvn ..stern jell ec;f tTabio 3).
V.!- n rii in ibi* ai.ii b-Turo Km7. Tini renio i*Mldcrncss. Am.-ju-; lite *;xv -niorw the fidi iit, v i ill low e-.'nc.-ntratbuA
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r;::vc *? ''mota fmni nC Loth DDT -At.I r e , was the most irivcrgciU. ith a
f illllV i. *.*i' p a lli.I io ti.
ratio of 43 i'iVj Io 2). i t is not n:is r wir-iiiv. r.:2-:c:.;
In C'iilforain, miiiihci* o breeding jveogrnoa Iinvo ddVerctici u ietwcen avia mid tnmiiiiud:.iu phy.'hdo^y or
b*Tii tv.tuc.-d l\v r.L i.'.'.n HU per cent ni icucitt yrnra. a fundumeutiil difi'crvnco in ferding Inibita. The other
Ti:- rrr..lining fuv; pnii*.-, hoMovrr, urrm tu be roprnducii'g exceptions includo rpeetes which sru jaesetit in tho ara
m>ni(.il!y (uni rear, wjicn tuuH^lurbcd, between two and only during tho breeding wason (Table 2).
four yuting c-ica year. Tlicy aro found* like m ost of ilu* In sea birds from tho Panifio the Talio was usually
Mirviving p.iira in Great X5riiuiu3,-,,l in n relivtively between 6 and 10 (Tnblo 3). TOR wus not found in cg^s
itiivutiiaiiiinuicd ivpiuti and w o n to be feeding on bird of tho Adelin penguin from Capo Croeior, Antarctica*
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l,, ........ . lm-A.-vf ili" amount of I)DT was very lowj specie.) of mptor* do nofc nccuinulnto high aiii-Minln of
.nil. ID7:iVi? mho of l , no TCI) would lifivo broa tlio organa*chlnriv) coinpounrlc frnblo 3), a result of tlii* ,!. i. rN .l, A ..r_vr amour.! of h a maUrial from Anhirctiu very Inv residue levels usually found. in their prey. . i whi r l . wait!'. c-u im h more T>DT. w o u ld Amfric^u fcwlp,! cud b-im owls arc common rrsidmitr. of
i) r,. I,.\vr 1.' H illiard before conciming th a t TCI* Cutiforiiia ciiii-s. 'J'lio vhiir-tnilrd kite, which w
1.. .. *.-.t vi-i t'T.r;:v-il t!.i* Amorciic. lii!ivi<Ui.iU cf li'-vf i.'i reii'Js`i.1 in industrial meen hove,
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near cxliitction 40 yrar-t ago in California, is now abundant
in areas whero htwciicido ujo m iiurnso, yet buenu-te it ptvys primarily U|>o:i tho ehort-livnl and hcrblvurotis vole, .1/iVroffis, the species accumulates very littlo D I)T
i.-.i .-a* fruiti u n clutch* of '.he western sruU from tlio or TCJ1 f l'nlile 3).
)*'.di.lT'-ii J.-l.ii.-i showed on f.vrrno VCJt content- of Trovinus work11has shown tlm t both DDT and dichlriu j:;..- j>.t iz (i'*i ;.-. r i,nt wi.tuW.c * level). TCii rniitnnt inrUice liepnlia enzymes In the pigeon which, in nn in
f.*lUr t.V-. fr..:n i.reo clutch"* from nit island in Fan vitro prrpnriition, inercaso tho metabolism o f progosteroiic fi..i.. t-en H *y i v.-r-yj-'U 60S ie with n rungo from OSO mid Insitrttrronc. llii* work has now been extonded to 1.. I ff.t/I.- :i. Seveu cz%* from seven clutches in study (ho incinliolutm of ocstntdiol by cmyinas induct'd 11.. * iJnif cf i'iiiifi-riti coim-incd 4 3 3 0 fig of TCB. by p,/A)>DD, technicAl DDT (Dupont) ni.u TCB (`Aroclor 'l l.- ni>T co.;:.-ni of flic e'p* from llc FnrnlirnK was not 1202'). Tho experimental procedure previously described'* . :.v,ii;t-ii.ily dmeivr.t from that of tlio Baja California won followed except tlmt tho chlorinated hydrocarbons
r1/, .
were injected Intramuscularly rather than given orally,
flam i '..- *if f pf California also contain dicldrin mid in tho svimrnumv of oestrmiiol and its mctaboUtcs
.... . .-ulivi! - y.*r
5 euri 3`, but tin* number of tumi we ih" salvent 3).cm used was t i n upper laser of a mixture -;,i ; (>[. ';: u r tlv ir T.;!iivt` nlmticlonce at' Uiuv^ucriicptisncui.L'iItatioitwuier 75:6:2. Tlio stri;>*
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{'i., i... IC-.u-.j .-:iy t j fimi any chlorinated hydrocar- prcl;l."f cbtmned ihr tho vurious inducing sgunts are
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i i'iiiiii into the Cimi, it ix likely tnclubc-litcs obtotuM efter cnanno uiducti-tn tniug DDK
-ni.'. d-> rater from the Colorado Diver Aml from and DDT cry identical, b ut tim t n din'.'rent metabolite
r.i.MA in wwicrn Mcxh'o. A significant U produced by the enzyme induced by IV It. Tno ninotuit
if*u, l.M i-wr, mm:- come from llw atmosphere1*, of metabolites form-ul was caloiilnicd from tho radio*
--I r.ir Ire.:.*;- 11 )>.*: 'Vj.Vittx ih f presence c f TCU in activity of tho peaks. Tlio results obtained arc given in
'"i-' i.v.o-. In cviinct* from the Gulf of California Table 4.
TIT. rampound wr.i present in relatively small
i"i:cvt,tr.*.i . This compound j* rcndily degraded by
i.hi'ivi--1. i;;.!i iri;iti:ni<it in laburni orv experiments,
... -t iii-.v
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....... F". A!: bough l'CU ih not, mlublo in water, it
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ut vi.tr)
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'" r av.-iii.bV for pix-y spnetea fn*m u b id uro iipparvnlty tlm mo#t nbundant of th cliloritintt'd
... j . *. ' V* .r',.,,,lv u ,ri;' wiiieh s*.en to bo 3Vi* hydrocmbon poliutanta in tlio gioititi rcoy.-ik*m. liia r
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