Quantitation of aeoclors using conger-specific results

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2159-2167

  Newman, John W ^a,c   Becker, Jonathan S ^a   Blondina, Gloria ^b   Tjeerdema, Ron S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aroclors; Polychlorinated biphenyl congeners; Quantitation; Weathering estimate

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONGER;

EID: 0031761808     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<2159:QOAUCS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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