An assessment of trends in European environmental data for mercury and chlorinated organic compounds in water and biota

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 243-244, Issue , 1999, Pages 193-201

  Comber, Sean ^a   Gardner, Michael ^a  

^a WRC PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mercury; Monitoring; Organochlorine compounds; Trends

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; RIVER WATER; SEA WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032787549     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00388-5     Document Type: Article

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