Bioaccumulation of anthropogenic contaminants by detritivorous fish in the Río de la Plata estuary: 1-Aliphatic hydrocarbons

Chemosphere

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2128-2135

  Colombo, J C ^a,b   Cappelletti, N ^a,b   Migoya, M C ^a   Speranza, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fish; Hydrocarbons; R o de la Plata; Sewage detritus

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL ZONES; FISH; FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; IMPURITIES; SEWAGE;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEWAGE DETRITUS; UNRESOLVED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANTHROPOMETRY;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; ISOPRENOID; PETROLEUM; RAIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL ZONES; FISH; FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; IMPURITIES; SEWAGE;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AQUATIC ORGANISM; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DETRITIVORY; DETRITUS; FINFISH; FOSSIL FUEL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOPRENOID; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HYDROPHOBICITY; MELTING POINT; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEWAGE; WET DEPOSITION;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROCARBONS, ACYCLIC; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

PROCHILODUS LINEATUS;

EID: 34547114003     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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