Contamination of organochlorine pesticides in sediments from the Arabian Sea along the west coast of India

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-200

  Sarkar, A ^a   Nagarajan, R ^a   Chaphadkar, S ^a   Pal, S ^a   Singbal, S Y S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Aldrin; Arabian Sea; DDTts; Dieldrin; Endrin; HCHs; Organochlorine pesticides; Persistence; Sediments

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALDRIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; METABOLITES; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

ALDRIN; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLORO ETHANE (DDT); ENDRIN;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0030617333     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00210-2     Document Type: Article

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