Biomagnification of PBDEs and PCBs in food webs from the Baltic Sea and the northern Atlantic Ocean

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 366, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 659-672

  Burreau, Sven ^a   Zebühr, Yngve ^a   Broman, Dag ^a   Ishaq, Rasha ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body size; Ecotoxicology; Fish; Flame retardants; Food chains; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ETHERS; FISHERIES; FLAME RETARDANTS; TOXICITY;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; FOOD CHAINS; TROPHIC POSITION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BROMINE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BODY SIZE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FISH; FOOD WEB; PBDE; PCB; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; HERRING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COPEPODA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BALTIC SEA;

CLUPEIDAE; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 33745849215     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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