Distribution of PACs in surficial sediments and bioavailability to mussels, Mytilus edulis of Halifax Harbour

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 357-379

  Hellou, J ^a   Steller, S ^a   Zitko, V ^a   Leonard, J ^a   King, T ^a   Milligan, T G ^a   Yeats, P ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION; IMPURITIES; PORTS AND HARBORS; SEDIMENTS;

FINGERPRINTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

FLUORANTHENE; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND;

BIOAVAILABILITY; MOLLUSC; PAH; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NOVA SCOTIA; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0036006436     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(01)00125-8     Document Type: Article

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