Polycyclic aromatic compounds and saturated hydrocarbons in tissues of flatfish: Insight on environmental exposure

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 11-25

  Hellou, Jocelyne ^a   Warren, William G ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFUR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLATFISH; GONAD; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0009516001     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-1136(95)00027-5     Document Type: Article

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