Contamination of some aquatic species with the organochlorine pesticide chlordecone in Martinique

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-187

  Coat, Sophie ^a   Bocquené, Gilles ^b   Godard, Eric ^c  

^a Petit Havre ^*  (Guadeloupe)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c Département Santé Environnement DSDS de Guyane   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic organisms; Caribbean Islands; Chlordecone; Contamination; Food web; Pesticides; W Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; WATER POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; MARTINIQUE; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); TILAPIA;

EID: 33745664553     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2006016     Document Type: Article

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