A historical assessment of coastal contamination in Birch Harbor, Maine based on the analysis of mussels collected in the 1940s and the Mussel Watch Program

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 732-742

  Apeti, D A ^a   Lauenstein, G G ^a   Christensen, J D ^a   Kimbrough, K ^a   Johnson, W E ^a   Kennedy, M ^b   Grant, K G ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b President Kennetek Counseling Company   (United States)

^c FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1940s; Blue mussels; Coastal contamination; Maine; Mussel Watch; Organochlorine pesticides; PAHs; PCB

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; BLUE MUSSELS; COASTAL CONTAMINATION; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; MOVING AVERAGES; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; STEADY STATE; SYNTHETIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TRICHLOROETHANE; WORLD WAR II;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CONTAMINATION; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; WATCHES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ALDRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHRYSENE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; FLUORINE; HEPTACHLOR; LINDANE; MITOTANE; NAPHTHALENE; NONACHLOR; OXYCHLORDANE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE POLLUTION; PAH; PCB; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CANNED FOOD; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED MUSSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; STEADY STATE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD, PRESERVED; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MAINE; MYTILUS EDULIS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIRCH HARBOR; MAINE; UNITED STATES;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 77952792172     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.11.021     Document Type: Article

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