Evaluation of several priority pollutants in zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in the largest Italian subalpine lakes

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 652-662

  Riva, Consuelo ^a   Binelli, Andrea ^a   Provini, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

DDTs; Dreissena polymorpha; Italian lakes; PCBs; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONDITION MONITORING; CONTAMINATION; LAKES;

DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; ITALIAN LAKES; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; DDT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE POLLUTION; PCB; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATION; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; ITALY; LAKE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; DDT; DREISSENA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ITALY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TIME; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 38849208457     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.03.016     Document Type: Article

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