Polyaromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated and brominated organic contaminants as tracers of feeding ecology in polar benthic amphipods

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 337, Issue , 2007, Pages 155-164

  Svendsen, Tore C ^a   Camus, Lionel ^b   Hargrave, Barry ^c   Fisk, Aaron ^d   Muir, Derek C G ^e   Borgå, Katrine ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthic amphipods; DDT; HBCD; Organochlorines; PAH; PBDE; PCB; Scavenger

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BROMINE COMPOUND; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FEEDING ECOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SCAVENGER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARCTIC; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; ANONYX NUGAX; EURYTHENES GRYLLUS;

EID: 34548231661     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps337155     Document Type: Article

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