Evaluation of PCB and hexachlorobenzene biota-sediment accumulation factors based on ingested sediment in a deposit-feeding clam

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1584-1589

  Boese, Bruce L ^a   Lee II, Henry ^a   Specht, David T ^a   Pelletier, Judith ^b   Randall, Robert ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biota sediment accumulation factor; Macoma; PCBs; Sediment

Indexed keywords

HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLAM; FECES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIVALVIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; MACOMA; MACOMA NASUTA;

EID: 0029818335     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620150923     Document Type: Article

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