Distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls in marine species from French Frigate Shoals, North Pacific Ocean

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-28

  Miao, Xiu Sheng ^a   Swenson, Chris ^b   Woodward, Lee Ann ^b   Li, Qing X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine pollution; North Pacific Ocean; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOMONITORING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PCB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CORAL; CRAB; EEL; FISH; LOBSTER; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CNIDARIA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HAWAII; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACANTHURUS TRIOSTEGUS; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; CONGER CINEREUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSUS; GRAPSUS TENUICRUSTATUS; GYMNOTHORAX FLAVIMARGINATUS; GYMNOTHORAX MELEAGRIS; GYMNOTHORAX UNDULATUS; MELEAGRIS; MULLOIDICHTHYS VANICOLENSIS; NEONIPHON SAMMARA; PANULIRUS MARGINATUS; PORITES EVERMANNI; STEGASTES FASCIOLATUS;

EID: 0034691943     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00484-8     Document Type: Article

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