Chlorobenzenes, chlorinated pesticides, coplanar chlorobiphenyls and other organochlorine compounds in Greenland biota

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 331, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 157-175

  Vorkamp, Katrin ^a   Riget, Frank ^b   Glasius, Marianne ^b   Pécseli, Maria ^a   Lebeuf, Michel ^c   Muir, Derek ^d  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b Dept of Lake and Estuarine Ecology   (Denmark)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biomagnification; Chlorobenzenes; Coplanar chlorobiphenyls; Hexachlorocyclobutadiene; Octachlorostyrene; Organochlorine pesticides; Pentachloro anisole; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSITION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; POLLUTION;

ANISOLES; CHLOROBENZENES; HEXACHLOROCYCLOBUTADINE (HCBD);

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ALDRIN; CHLOROBENZENE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROCYCLOBUTADIENE; METHOXYCHLOR; OCTACHLOROSTYRENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PENTACHLOROANISOLE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; STYRENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECTICIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FISH; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENLAND; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WHALE; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; PHOCA; TIME;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CETACEA; LARUS; MAMMALIA; MONODON MONOCEROS; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; GREENLAND; INSECTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEALS, EARLESS; TIME FACTORS; WHALES;

EID: 5044244551     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.03.027     Document Type: Article

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