Polychlorinated biphenyls in fish and shellfish from the Mersey Estuary and Liverpool Bay

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 345-358

  Leah, Richard T ^a   Johnson, Michael S ^a   Connor, Les ^a   Levene, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARY; FISH; FLATFISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SHELLFISH; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; PCB; SHELLFISH;

UK, ENGLAND, MERSEYSIDE, LIVERPOOL BAY; UK, ENGLAND, MERSEYSIDE, MERSEY ESTUARY;

GADUS MORHUA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 0030620653     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(96)00096-7     Document Type: Article

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