Persistent organohalogen contaminant burdens in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) from the eastern Antarctic sector: A baseline study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 304-314

  Bengtson Nash, S M ^a   Poulsen, A H ^a   Kawaguchi, S ^b   Vetter, W ^c   Schlabach, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antarctic krill; Baseline assessment; Eastern Antarctic sector; Persistent organohalogen compounds (POCs); Southern Ocean ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ETHERS; MALARIA CONTROL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

ANTARCTIC KRILL; BASELINE ASSESSMENT; EASTERN ANTARCTIC SECTOR; PERSISTENT ORGANOHALOGEN COMPOUNDS (POCS); SOUTHERN OCEAN ECOSYSTEM;

HALOGEN COMPOUNDS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

BASELINE SURVEY; BIOACCUMULATION; CRUSTACEAN; DDT; DEGRADATION; FOOD WEB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KEYSTONE SPECIES; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOHALOGEN; PCB; PCDD; PERSISTENCE; PESTICIDE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHRIMP; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BODY BURDEN; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUPHAUSIACEA; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 56249125932     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.08.034     Document Type: Article

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