Bioaccumulation of organochlorine pollutants in the fish community in Lake Årungen, Norway

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 2452-2458

  Sharma, Chhatra Mani ^a   Rosseland, Bjørn Olav ^a   Almvik, Marit ^b   Eklo, Ole Martin ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Organochlorine compounds; Pike

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNIFICATION; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; FISH COMMUNITIES; FISH SPECIES; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCHLORINE POLLUTANTS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PIKE; RUTILUS RUTILUS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FISH; MEATS; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PREDATOR; PREY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAWNING; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; DDT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESOCIDAE; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LAKES; NORWAY; PERCHES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AKERSHUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE ARUNGEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ESOX LUCIUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 68749110581     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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