Occurrence of pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals in sediments from the Dniester River, Moldova

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 439-448

  Sapozhnikova, Yelena ^a   Zubcov, Elena ^b   Zubcov, Natalia ^b   Schlenk, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Institute of Zoology   (Moldova)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDRIN; FERTILIZER; FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; NICKEL; PARATHION METHYL; PESTICIDE; PHOSALONE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; TRICHLOROBIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

HEAVY METAL; PCB; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; MOLDOVA; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SAMPLE; SEDIMENT; STRESS; WATER POLLUTION;

DDT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; MOLDOVA; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DNIESTER RIVER; EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOLDOVA; WORLD;

EID: 27544445074     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-8011-8     Document Type: Article

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