Comparing measured and predicted PCB concentrations in Arctic seawater and marine biota

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 342, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 281-300

  Borgå, Katrine ^a,b   Di Guardo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Bioaccumulation; Fish; HCHs; Models; POPs; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; SEAWATER;

ARCTIC REGION; FOOD WEBS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ZOOPLANKTON;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; PCB; SEAWATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD WEB; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTANT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 18144404281     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.12.043     Document Type: Article

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