Organochlorine pesticide residues in sediment cores of Sunderban wetland, northeastern part of bay of Bengal, India, and their ecotoxicological significance

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 358-371

  Sarkar, S K ^a   Binelli, A ^b   Riva, C ^b   Parolini, M ^b   Chatterjee, M ^a   Bhattacharya, A K ^a   Bhattacharya, B D ^a   Satpathy, K K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HCH; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; METABOLITE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SEDIMENT CORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; INDIA; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDIA; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; QUALITY CONTROL; WETLANDS;

ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; EURASIA; GANGES DELTA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA; SUNDARBANS;

EID: 51849091634     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-008-9133-6     Document Type: Article

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