Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in mussels along the Chilean coast

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-74

  Mendoza, Gonzalo ^a   Gutierrez, Luis ^a   Pozo Gallardo, Karla ^b   Fuentes Rios, Daniel ^a   Montory, Monica ^a   Urrutia, Roberto ^a   Barra, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chile; Long range transport; Mussels; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Perumytilus purpuratus; Polychlorinated biphenysls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEA WATER;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COASTAL WATER; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE POLLUTION; MOLLUSC; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MYTILIDAE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MYTILIDAE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; PERUMYTILUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 29344444478     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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