PCB-containing paint and plaster caused extreme PCB-concentrations in biota from the Sørfjord (Western Norway) - A case study

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 100-103

  Ruus, Anders ^a   Green, Norman W ^a   Maage, Amund ^b,c   Skei, Jens ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Alex Stewart Environmental Services AS   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blue mussels; Cod; Environmental monitoring; PCB; Polychlorinated biphenyls; S rfjord

Indexed keywords

BLUE MUSSELS; COD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SØRFJORD;

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; PAINT; PLASTER; SEDIMENTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

PAINT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEA WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MOLLUSC; PCB;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MUSSEL; NORWAY; SEAWEED; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SULFATE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GADIFORMES; LIPIDS; LIVER; MYTILUS EDULIS; NORWAY; PAINT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POWER PLANTS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HORDALAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SORFJORDEN;

ALGAE; GADUS MORHUA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 31144465330     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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