Occurrence and accumulation of pesticides and organic contaminants in river sediment, water and clam tissues from the San Joaquin River and tributaries, California

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 172-180

  Pereira, Wilfred E ^a   Domagalski, Joseph L ^a   Hostettler, Frances D ^a   Brown, Larry R ^a   Rapp, John B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Clams; Pesticides; Sediments; Water quality

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE; ATRAZINE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARBON; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHRYSENE; DICOFOL; DIELDRIN; DIMETHOATE; DIMPYLATE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; HERBICIDE; NAPHTHALENE; NONACHLOR; PERYLENE; PESTICIDE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; RUNOFF; SIMAZINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLAM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAND USE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA;

EID: 0030063757     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<0172:OAAOPA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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