Bioconcentration of persistent organic pollutants in four species of marine phytoplankton

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2908-2917

  Gerofke, Antje ^a   Kömp, Peter ^a   McLachlan, Michael S ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration factor; Dissolved organic carbon; Octanol water partition coefficient; Phytoplankton; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MARINE BIOLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SORPTION; SURFACE WATERS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WATER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; OCTANOL/WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEA WATER;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PHYTOPLANKTON;

AIR SAMPLING; ALGA; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; EMILLIANA HUXLEYI; FOOD WEB; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; THALASSIOSIRA NORDENSKIOIDII; WATER SAMPLING;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TIME FACTORS;

ALGAE; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 27144447767     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-566R.1     Document Type: Article

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