Use of transplanted zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) to assess the bioavailability of microcontaminants in flemish surface waters

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1492-1505

  Bervoets, Lieven ^a   Voets, Judith ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a   Chu, Shaogang ^a   Qadah, Diab ^a   Smolders, Roel ^a   Schepens, Paul ^a   Blust, Ronny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; IMPURITIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS; SITE SELECTION; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION FACTORS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE (HCB); SEDIMENTS CONCENTRATION; TRANSPLANTED ZEBRA MUSSELS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CADMIUM; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SURFACE WATER; TRACE METAL; WATER; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMONITORING; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; MOLLUSC; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDICTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FORECASTING; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFERENCE VALUES; WATER;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 15244358265     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049048t     Document Type: Article

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