Interpreting time trends and biomagnification of PCBs in the Baltic region using the equilibrium lipid partitioning approach

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 994-1000

  Nfon, Erick ^a   Cousins, Ian T ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biomagnification; Database; Food web; PCBs; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BIOMAGNIFICATION; EQUILIBRIUM LIPID PARTITIONING (ELP) APPROACH; FOOD WEB; TEMPORAL TREND;

BIODIVERSITY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; LIPIDS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOTA; DATABASE; FOOD WEB; HALF LIFE; LIPID; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; BENTHIC FAUNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; HALF LIFE TIME; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPOPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PELAGIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREY; SEDIMENT; TIME; WATER POLLUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY BURDEN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPE; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; LIPIDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TIME FACTORS;

BALTIC REGION; EURASIA;

ALCIDAE;

EID: 33748420309     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.01.042     Document Type: Article

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