Mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls in zooplankton and shrimp from the Barents sea and the Spitsbergen area

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 472-478

  Joiris, C R ^a   Laroussi Moatemri, N ^a   Holsbeek, L ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; SHRIMP; WATER POLLUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LINEAR MODELS; MERCURY; NORTH SEA; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SVALBARD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PANDALUS BOREALIS;

BIOACCUMULATION; MERCURY; PCB; ZOOPLANKTON;

BARENTS SEA; SRALBAND, SPITSBERGEN;

EID: 0031399724     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900502     Document Type: Article

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