Contaminants in the arctic marine environment: Priorities for protection

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 537-563

  Macdonald, R W ^a   Bewers, J M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Assessment; Bioaccumulation; Contaminants; Controls; Effects; Marine environment; Metals; Organochlorines; Pathways; Pollution; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Radionuclides; Regulation; Risks; Sources; Toxicity; Waste

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECTS; POLLUTION IMPACT; PROTECTION NEED;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0029809966     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0077     Document Type: Article

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