A non-lethal chemically based approach to investigate the quality of harbour sediments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 178-187

  Hellou, Jocelyne ^a,b   Cheeseman, Kerri ^b   Desnoyers, Elaine ^b   Johnston, Dawn ^b   Jouvenelle, Marie Laure ^c   Leonard, Jim ^a   Robertson, Sarah ^b   Walker, Peter ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Béthune   (France)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Behaviour; Bioavailability; Body burden; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PORTS AND HARBORS; SEWAGE;

AMPHIPODS; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY BURDEN; SEDIMENT AVOIDANCE RESPONSE;

SEDIMENTS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AMPHIPOD; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HARBOR; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE OUTFALL;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR;

EID: 36249025800     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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