Discriminating sources of PCB contamination in fish on the coastal shelf off San Diego, California (USA)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1992-2002

  Ed Parnell, P ^a   Groce, Ami K ^b   Stebbins, Timothy D ^b   Dayton, Paul K ^a  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^b City of San Diego Water Dep   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Dredge disposal; Fish; PCB; Pollution; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FISH; MARINE POLLUTION; MEATS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS; PCB; POLLUTANT LOADINGS; SAN DIEGO; SAN DIEGO , CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO BAYS; SHELF SEDIMENTS; SOURCE DISCRIMINATIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES;

PRINTED CIRCUITS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DREDGE SPOIL; FISH; MARINE POLLUTION; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN DIEGO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56949092477     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.08.023     Document Type: Article

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