PCDD/PCDF sediment concentration distribution : Casco Bay, Maine, USA

Chemosphere

Volumn 34, Issue 5-7, 1997, Pages 1359-1367

  Wade, Terry L ^a   Jackson, Thomas J ^a   Gardinali, Piero R ^a   Chambers, Laura ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COMBUSTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOBSTER; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PULP MILL; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

COASTAL POLLUTION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; CONTAMINATION; HYDROCARBON POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINES; PCDD; PCDD PCDF; PCDF; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT QUALITY;

USA, MAINE, CASCO BAY;

CASCO;

EID: 0030620597     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00433-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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