Biological indications of contaminant exposure in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Baltic Sea

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1122-1134

  Schnell, Sabine ^a,e   Schiedek, Doris ^a,f   Schneider, Rolf ^a   Balk, Lennart ^b   Vuorinen, Pekka J ^c   Karvinen, Heta ^c   Lang, Thomas ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^f NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GADOID; GENOTOXICITY; INHIBITION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

BALTIC STATES; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LITHUANIA; MECKLENBURG-WEST POMERANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; WISMAR BAY;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 44349157641     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-042     Document Type: Article

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