Transfer of carbon and a polychlorinated biphenyl through the pelagic microbial food web in a coastal ecosystem

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 4 I, 2000, Pages 827-835

  Wallberg, Petra ^a   Andersson, Agneta ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; East Africa; Plankton; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CARBON FLUX; FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROPHOBICITY; PLANKTON; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SEASHORE;

TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034103017     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190407     Document Type: Article

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