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Polychlorinated Biphenyl absorbed from Sediments by Fiddler Crabs and Pink Shrimp

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POLYCHLORINATED biphenyls (PCBs) are manufactured in the United States, Europe, and Japan and used as plasticizers, flame retardants, insulating and heat exchange fluids and in many other products1. Structurally related to DDT, soluble in lipid but relatively insoluble in water, and extremely persistent in the environment2, they have been reported in many marine and estuarine organisms3. One PCB, ‘Aroclor 1254’ (Monsanto), was reported in water, sediments, and biota from Escambia Bay, Florida4.

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    D. R. NIMMO, P. D. WILSON, R. R. BLACKMAN & A. J. WILSON JUN.

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NIMMO, D., WILSON, P., BLACKMAN, R. et al. Polychlorinated Biphenyl absorbed from Sediments by Fiddler Crabs and Pink Shrimp. Nature 231, 50–52 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/231050b0

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