Levels and congener profiles of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in Zebra mussels (D. polymorpha) from Lake Maggiore (Italy)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 610-617

  Binelli, A ^a   Guzzella, L ^b   Roscioli, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Italian lakes; Mediterranean basin; PBDEs; Zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ETHERS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOMONITORING; ZEBRA MUSSELS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE POLLUTION; PBDE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREISSENA; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ITALY; NONHUMAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; DREISSENA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; FRESH WATER; ITALY; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE MAGGIORE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 43549117931     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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