Spatial variations and temporal trends between 1994 and 2005 in polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine pesticides and heavy metals in European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) in Flanders, Belgium

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 223-237

  Maes, Joachim ^a   Belpaire, Claude ^a   Goemans, Geert ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Heavy metals; Linear mixed model; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; LINEAR MIXED MODEL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

TISSUE CULTURE;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; HEAVY METAL; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATERSHED;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; HEALTH HAZARD; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEDIMENT; WATERSHED;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; METALS, HEAVY; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 41949098263     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.07.021     Document Type: Article

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