Organic contaminant distributions in sediments, polychaetes (Nereis virens) and American lobster (Homarus americanus) from a laboratory food chain experiment

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-36

  Pruell, R J ^a   Taplin, B K ^a   McGovern, D G ^a   McKinney, R ^a   Norton, S B ^b  

^a Atlantic Ecology Division   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Dibenzo p dioxins; Dibenzofurans; Lobster; Metabolism; Passaic River; Polychaete; Polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs; Sediments; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG METABOLISM; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LOBSTER; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEPHROPIDAE; POLYCHAETA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; THIOPHENES;

ANIMALIA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; INVERTEBRATA; LOBSTER; NEREIS VIRENS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0033990660     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(99)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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