Organochlorines (PCBs and pesticides) in the bivalves Anadara (Senilis) senilis, Crassostrea tulipa and Perna perna from the lagoons of Ghana

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 348, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 102-114

  Otchere, Fred A ^a  

^a Azimuth Consulting Group Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Ghana; Lagoons; Marine; Organochlorines; PCBs; Pesticides; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIPIDS; PESTICIDES; SEWAGE LAGOONS;

ORGANOCHLORINES;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ALDRIN; AROCLOR 1254; AROCLOR 1260; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL LAGOON; MOLLUSC; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BIVALVE; BODY BURDEN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GHANA; LAGOON; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GHANA; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIPIDS; OSTREIDAE; PESTICIDES; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

ANADARA SENILIS; BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA TULIPA; PERNA PERNA;

EID: 24644495293     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.12.069     Document Type: Article

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