Persistent pollutants in a salmon population (Salmo salar) of the southern Baltic Sea

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-69

  Larsson, Per ^a   Backe, Cecilia ^a   Bremle, Gudrun ^a   Eklöv, Anders ^a   Okla, Lennart ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALMO SALAR;

ATLANTIC SALMON; BIOACCUMULATION; FAT CONTENT; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTANTS; UPTAKE FACTORS;

BALTIC SEA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029728821     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f95-157     Document Type: Article

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