Persistent organic pollutants (PCB, DDT, HCH, HCB & BDE) in eels (Anguilla anguilla) in Scotland: Current levels and temporal trends

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2402-2411

  Macgregor, Kenneth ^a   Oliver, Ian W ^a   Harris, Lynsay ^a   Ridgway, Ian M ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BDE; Biota monitoring; European eel; PCB; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EUROPEAN EEL; HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; HIGH LIPID CONTENTS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ALPHA-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SCOTLAND; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77956209446     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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