HCB, p,p′-DDE and PCB ontogenetic transfer and magnification in bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) from the Mediterranean sea

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4227-4233

  Corsolini, Simonetta ^a   Sarà, Gianluca ^b   Borghesi, Nicoletta ^a   Focardi, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

MAGNIFICATION FACTOR; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POP);

ECOSYSTEMS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; NITROGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PERCIFORM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIFESPAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; THUNNUS THYNNUS; TROPHIC LEVEL; TUNA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER; TUNA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 34250878427     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062440h     Document Type: Article

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