Is meltwater from Alpine glaciers a secondary DDT source for lakes?

Chemosphere

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1027-1031

  Bettinetti, Roberta ^a   Quadroni, Silvia ^a   Galassi, Silvana ^b   Bacchetta, Renato ^b   Bonardi, Luca ^b   Vailati, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

DDTs; Fish; Glaciers; PCBs; Zebra mussel

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS;

ALPINE LAKES; DDTS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; FISH; PCBS; PELAGIC FISHES; SHARP INCREASE; ZEBRA MUSSEL; ZEBRA MUSSELS;

LAKES;

CHLORPHENOTANE; MELTWATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; GLACIER; LAKE; MELTWATER; PELAGIC FISH;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTAMINATED MUSSEL; DEGLACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GLACIER; HISTOLOGY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; DDT; DREISSENA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; FRESH WATER; ICE COVER; ITALY; OOCYTES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAKE COMO; LAKE ISEO; LOMBARDY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 53049107036     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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