Influence of climate change on interannual variation in contaminant body burden in Gulf of Mexico oysters

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 459-488

  Kim, Y ^a   Powell, E N ^a   Wade, T L ^b   Presley, B J ^b   Brooks, J M ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TDI Brooks International   (United States)

Author keywords

Body burden; Climate; Contaminant; Gulf of Mexico; Mussel Watch; Oyster

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHLORDANE; DIELDRIN; METAL; NICKEL; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; MOLLUSC; POLLUTANT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0032851135     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(99)00068-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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