Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in Baltic Sea sediments and bivalves

Chemosphere

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-24

  Pikkarainen, Anna Liisa ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Bioaccumulation; Bivalves; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS;

BIVALVES; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS; SOIL SURVEYS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FINLAND; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BORNHOLM BASIN; GULF OF FINLAND;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 33947605022     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.12.079     Document Type: Article

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