Decreasing trend of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in herring from the southern Baltic Sea

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-21

  Sapota, Grazyna ^a  

^a Institute of Meteorology and Water Management Maritime Branch Gdynia   (Poland)

Author keywords

DDT and its metabolites; HCB; HCH; Herring; PCBs; Temporal trends; The Baltic Sea

Indexed keywords

FISH; ORGANIC POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 33646058575     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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