Bioaccumulation of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins in sediment by oligochaetes: Influence of exposure pathway and contact time

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1518-1525

  Loonen, Hélène ^a,c   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Parsons, John R ^a   Govers, Harry A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Laboratory for Ecotoxicology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bioavailability; Chlorinated dioxins; Invertebrates; Oligochaetes

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; STEADY STATE; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANNELIDA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 0030740601     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1518:BOPDPD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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