Persistent organic pollutants in some species of a Ross Sea pelagic trophic web

Antarctic Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-104

  Corsolini, Simonetta ^a   Ademollo, Nicoletta ^a   Romeo, Teresa ^a   Olmastroni, Silvia ^a   Focardi, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ad lie penguin; Antarctica; Krill; PCBs; Penguin feeding ecology; Silverfish; TEQs

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; FOOD WEB; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PCB; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ROSS SEA;

EUPHAUSIA CRYSTALLOROPHIAS; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; PLEURAGRAMMA ANTARCTICUM; POLARIBACTER; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE; VERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0037220751     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102003001093     Document Type: Article

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