Determination of organochlorine pesticides in Indian coastal water using a moored in-situ sampler

Abstract

An attempt has been made to determine the concentration of different organochlorine pesticides in the seawater off the central West Coast of India using an in-situ-sampler. The Seastar in-situ sampler is an instrument, which is designed to pump large volumes of water slowly through an extraction column which concentrates chlorinated hydrocarbons from the water. The order of distribution of different chlorinated compounds along the central West Coast of India are as follows: op'- DDD op'- DDT op'- DDT pp' - DDE dieldrin pp' - DDE aldrin y - HCH