Influence of raft rope depth and biological parameters on polychlorinated biphenyl levels in cultured mussels at galicia coast (north-western Spain), and distribution patterns of PCBS in raft mussel

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 884-893

  Carro, Nieves ^a   Garcia, Isabel ^a   Ignacio, María ^a   Mouteira, Ana ^a  

^a Ctro de Contr do Medio Marino   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galician coast; Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Principal Components Analysis (PCA); Raft mussels

Indexed keywords

MUSSEL CULTURE; PCB; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 27644493204     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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