Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in cultivated oysters (Crassostrea gigas) in western Taiwan

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-231

  Fang, M D ^a   Fang, H T ^a   Lee, C L ^a   Ko, F C ^b   Baker, J E ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTACHLOROPHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OYSTER CULTURE; PCB; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WASTEWATER;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CRASSOSTREA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LIPIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEASONS; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HSINCHU; KOREA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH KOREA; TAINAN; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; YUNLIN;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 33745230037     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-1051-2     Document Type: Article

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