Levels and distribution pattern of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners in razor clams Ensis siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758) from Galicia (north-west Spain) in relation to biometric parameters

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1219-1226

  Carro, N ^a   Garcia I ^a   Ignacio, M ^a   Mouteira, A ^a  

^a INTECMAR Technological Institute for the Monitoring of the Marine Environment in Galicia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biometric parameters; Ensis siliqua; Galician coast; Gas chromatography; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Principal component analysis (PCA)

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL; HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; TRICHLOROBIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENSIS SILIQUA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEASONS; SHELLFISH; SPAIN;

ENSIS SILIQUA; SOLENIDAE;

EID: 33750459036     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030600930550     Document Type: Article

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