Status of the contamination in sediments and biota from the western Beaufort Sea (Alaska)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 702-722

  Valette Silver, Nathalie ^a   Hameedi, M Jawed ^a   Efurd, Deward W ^b   Robertson, Andrew ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BENZO[E]PYRENE; CESIUM 137; CHLORDANE; CHRYSENE; CHRYSENE DERIVATIVE; DIELDRIN; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LEAD; LINDANE; METAL; MINERAL; MIREX; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; PLUTONIUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RADIOISOTOPE; THALLIUM; TRACE METAL;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; FALLOUT; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SEAL; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

BEAUFORT SEA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033181139     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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