Distribution of persistent toxic substances in benthic bivalves from the inshore areas of the Yellow Sea

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-66

  Liu, Wen X ^a   Hu, Jing ^a   Chen, Jiang L ^b   Fan, Yong S ^a   Xing, Baoshan ^c   Tao, Shu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Inshore areas; Organic pollutants; Trace metals; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TISSUE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIVALVES; INSHORE AREAS; YELLOW SEA;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; LEAD; MERCURY; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TRACE METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CADMIUM; DDT; LEAD; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; PHTHALATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; STANDARD (REFERENCE); TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIVALVIA; CHINA; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROCARBONS; MERCURY; METALS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 38049064501     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-115.1     Document Type: Article

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