Effects of organic enrichment and burrowing activity of the polychaete Nereis diversicolor on the fate of tetrachlorobiphenyl in marine sediments

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1149-1156

  Gunnarsson, Jonas S ^a   Hollertz, Karin ^a   Rosenberg, Rutger ^a  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bioturbation; Eutrophication; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL;

BURROWING ORGANISM; ENRICHMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; LACTUCA; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; NEREIS; POLYCHAETA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; ULVA ARASAKII; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 0032901655     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<1149:EOOEAB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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