Concentrations of chlorinated organic compounds in biota and bed sediment in streams of the San Joaquin Valley, California

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 357-368

  Brown, L R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHLORINATION; CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; MALE; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0031471139     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900265     Document Type: Article

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