Contaminant concentrations in whole-body fish and shellfish from US estuaries

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 403-412

  Harvey, James ^a   Harwell, Linda ^a   Summers, J Kevin ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; DDT; Dieldrin; Environmental monitoring and assessment Program; Fish tissue contaminants; Mercury; National coastal assessment; PAHs; PCBs; Toxaphene

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; FISH; HEALTH RISKS; TISSUE;

DIELDRIN; PERSISTENT BIOACCUMULATIVE AND TOXIC; SHELLFISH; TOXAPHENE;

WATER POLLUTION;

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ALDRIN; ALUMINUM; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BIPHENYL; CADMIUM; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; MERCURY; MIREX; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DDT; DIELDRIN; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PAH; PCB; SHELLFISH; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTAMINATED SHELLFISH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; SEAWATER; SHELLFISH; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 38349074504     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9776-1     Document Type: Article

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