Contaminant levels in sediments and asteroids (Asterias rubens L., Echinodermata) from the Belgian coast and Scheldt estuary: Polychlorinated biphenyls and heavy metals

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 333, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 149-165

  Danis, B ^a   Wantier, P ^b   Dutrieux, S ^a   Flammang, R ^b   Dubois, Ph ^a   Warnau, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c International Atomic Energy Agency Marine   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Asterias rubens; Echinoderms; Heavy metals; North Sea; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; IMPURITIES; METAL ANALYSIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS;

ASTEROIDS; BIOAVAILABILITY;

WATER QUALITY;

HEAVY METAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG CONTAMINATION; ECHINODERM; ESTUARY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; NORTH SEA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; STARFISH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE; ZEELAND;

ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 4444339595     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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