Organohalogen pollutants in herring from the northern Baltic Sea: Concentrations, congener profiles and explanatory factors

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-183

  Koistinen, Jaana ^a   Kiviranta, Hannu ^a   Ruokojärvi, Päivi ^a   Parmanne, Raimo ^b   Verta, Matti ^c   Hallikainen, Anja ^d   Vartiainen, Terttu ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic herring; Pollution indicator; POP exposure

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; METABOLITES; NAPHTHALENE; NUTRITION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BALTIC HERRING; CAMPHENES; POLLUTION INDICATORS; POP EXPOSURE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CAMPHECLOR; CAMPHENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIBENZODIOXIN DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CATCHMENT; CLUPEOID; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; EMISSION; NUTRITION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOHALOGEN; PCB; POINT SOURCE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BALTIC SEA; CATCHMENT; CONTAMINATION; HERRING; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BOTHNIAN BAY; BOTHNIAN SEA; GULF OF BOTHNIA; GULF OF FINLAND;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 44449148260     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.10.019     Document Type: Article

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