PCB levels in European eel (Anguilla anguilla) from two coastal lagoons of the Mediterranean

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 519-528

  Mariottini, M ^a   Corsi, I ^a   Focardi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Biomonitoring; Mediterranean lagoons; PCBs; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; BIOMONITORING; EUROPEAN EEL; ISOMER ANALYSES; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS;

EFFLUENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SEWAGE LAGOONS;

FERTILIZER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BIOMONITORING; COASTAL LAGOON; EEL; LIFE CYCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOMESTIC WASTE; EEL; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ITALY; LAGOON; LIFE CYCLE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; TERRITORIALITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; EELS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 33747464741     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-2767-9     Document Type: Article

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