Potential for secondary poisoning and biomagnification in marine organisims

Chemosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1875-1885

  Nendza, M ^a   Herbst, T ^a   Kussatz, C ^b   Gies, A ^b  

^a Analytisches Lab Dr Herbst Dr N   (Germany)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Cadmium; Critical body burden; Marine food chain; Mercury; Organochlorine pesticides; PAHs; PCBs; Secondary poisoning

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; CADMIUM; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMAGNIFICATION; CONTAMINANT EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAINS; MARINE ORGANISM; POLLUTION EFFECTS; SECONDARY POISONING;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY BURDEN; CADMIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030831811     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00239-7     Document Type: Article

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