Table 3 Variation of OCPs concentration among all studied environmental compartments of Uchalli and Khabeki Lakes.

From: Profile distribution and ecological risk assessment of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in environmental matrices of Uchalli and Khabeki Lakes

OCPs

Water

Sediment

Soil

Air

p

p

p

p

o, p’-DDE

0.038*

0.127

0.605

0.555

p, p’-DDE

0.000**

0.318

0.68

0.049*

o, p’-DDD

0.000**

0.929

0.264

0.78

p, p’-DDD

0.000**

0.078

0.927

0.008**

o, p’-DDT

0.000**

0.35

0.157

0.045*

p, p’-DDT

0.005**

0.39

0.268

0.054

α-HCH

0.000**

0.888

0.66

0.108

β-HCH

0.001**

0.259

0.903

0.714

γ-HCH

0.001**

0.067

0.12

0.387

trans-chlordane

0.371

0.122

0.342

0.825

cis-chlordane

0.585

0.411

0.007**

0.86

α-endosulfan

0.028*

0.496

0.404

0.772

β-endosulfan

0.035*

0.21

0.955

0.493

  1. ‘p’ represents significant variation observed through independent sample t-test.
  2. p < 0.05 = significant (*), p < 0.01 = highly significant (**).
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