Influence of trophic position on organochlorine concentrations and compositional patterns in a marine food web

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2356-2364

  Ruus, Anders ^a   Ugland, Karl Inne ^b   Skaare, Janneche Utne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Food web; Harbor seal; Organochlorines; Oslofjord; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; SOLUBILITY;

FOOD WEBS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; MIREX; NITROGEN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; WATER;

FOOD WEB; ORGANOCHLORINE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD WEB; HERRING; LIPOPHILICITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYCHAETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEAL; SOLUBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIVER; MALE; NORWAY; SEALS, EARLESS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORWAY;

AMMODYTES; AMMODYTES TOBIANUS; CLUPEA HARENGUS; GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; GOBIUS; GOBIUS NIGER; GOBIUSCULUS FLAVESCENS; LARUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; MYOXOCEPHALUS; MYOXOCEPHALUS SCORPIUS; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; NEREIS; NOTESTHES ROBUSTA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; POLYCHAETA; POMATOSCHISTUS;

EID: 0036837889     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620211114     Document Type: Article

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