Organochlorines in sediments and mussels collected from coastal sites along the Pearl River Delta, South China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 321-327

  Fang, Zhan Qiang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Mussels; Organochlorine pesticide; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sediments

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPOSITION; ESTUARIES; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS;

MUSSELS;

SEDIMENTS;

INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; MOLLUSC; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEDIMENT; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA; VICTORIA;

EID: 1642528530     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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