Low levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in New Zealand eels reflect isolation from atmospheric sources

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 532-538

  Holmqvist, Niklas ^a   Stenroth, Patrik ^a   Berglund, Olof ^a   Nyström, Per ^a   Olsson, Karin ^a   Jellyman, Don ^b   McIntosh, Angus R ^c   Larsson, Per ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Atmospheric transport; Eels; Land use; New Zealand; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DDT; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPS); POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; PESTICIDES;

POLLUTION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DDE; EEL; LAND USE; LIPID; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; EELS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; NEW ZEALAND; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ANGUILLA DIEFFENBACHII; ANGUILLA NEBULOSA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645842203     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.08.052     Document Type: Article

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