Chemical contamination assessment of Gulf of Mexico oysters in response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 211-225

  Johnson, W E ^a   Kimbrough, K L ^b   Lauenstein, G G ^a   Christensen, J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b I M Systems Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical contamination; Hurricane Katrina; Oyster tissue; Storms

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETIES; GULF COASTS; GULF OF MEXICO; HURRICANE KATRINA; HURRICANE RITA; KATRINA; LONG-TERM MONITORING; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; OYSTER TISSUE; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TISSUE SAMPLES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; IMPURITIES; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); MARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS; TISSUE;

CONTAMINATION;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; HURRICANE RITA 2005; MOLLUSC; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; CYCLONES; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LOUISIANA; METALS, HEAVY; MISSISSIPPI; OSTREIDAE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 60349088122     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0676-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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