Chemometrics modelling of organic contaminants in fish and sediment river samples

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 371, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 223-237

  Peré Trepat, Emma ^a   Olivella, Lourdes ^b   Ginebreda, Antoni ^b   Caixach, Josep ^c   Tauler, Romà ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Agència Catalana de l'Aigua ^*  (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalonia; Chemometrics modelling; Fish; Organic contaminants; Principal component analysis; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

CATALONIA; CHEMOMETRICS MODELING; FISH; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

FISH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; LAW; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33750518763     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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