Organohalogens and metals in marine fish and mussels and some relationships to biological variables at reference localities in Norway

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 362-374

  Green, Norman W ^a   Knutzen, Jon ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accumulation characteristics; Indicator organisms; Metals; Monitoring; Organochlorines; Reference levels

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COASTAL ZONES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OILS AND FATS;

MICROPOLLUTANTS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BROMINE; CADMIUM; CAMPHECLOR; COPPER; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; FISH; HEAVY METAL; MOLLUSC; ORGANOHALOGEN; REFERENCE SAMPLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH; LIVER; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA POLLUTION;

NORWAY;

BIVALVIA; CITRUS LIMON; GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; LIMANDA; LIMANDA LIMANDA; MICROSTOMUS; MICROSTOMUS KITT; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

EID: 0037367609     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00515-5     Document Type: Article

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