Age-dependent bioaccumulation of organochlorine compounds in fish and their selective biotransformation in top predators from lake maggiore (Italy)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 197, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 193-209

  Volta, Pietro ^a   Tremolada, Paolo ^b   Neri, Maria Chiara ^b   Giussani, Gianluigi ^a   Galassi, Silvana ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Coregonus sp.; Distribution model; Fish lipids; Food chain; Whitefish

Indexed keywords

BIOTRANSFORMATION; COREGONUS SP.; DISTRIBUTION MODEL; FISH LIPIDS; FOOD CHAIN; WHITEFISH;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCONVERSION; BIRDS; CATCHMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FISH; LAKES; LIPIDS; MEATS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LAKE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE MAGGIORE;

EID: 58549108396     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9803-z     Document Type: Article

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