Uptake and depuration of toxic halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons by the American oyster (Crassostrea virginica): A field study

Chemosphere

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-70

  Gardinali, Piero R ^a   Sericano, José L ^b   Wade, Terry L ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American oyster; Galveston Bay, TX; PCBs; PCDD PCDFs; Uptake depuration

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OCEAN HABITATS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTION;

CONGENERS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; MARINE POLLUTION; OYSTER CULTURE; PCB; PCDF; TCDD;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; OYSTER; UNITED STATES;

GALVESTON BAY; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 1642453673     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00754-9     Document Type: Article

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