Persistent organic pollutants in sediments from the Lagoon of Venice-a possible hazard for sediment-dwelling organisms

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1362-1379

  Parolini, Marco ^a   Binelli, Andrea ^a   Matozzo, Valerio ^b   Marin, Maria Gabriella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lagoon of Venice; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Sediment quality guidelines (SQGs); Sediments

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BENTHOS; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LAGOON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; ROAD TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SHIPPING; TOXICITY; TRIBUTARY;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956883766     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-010-0277-4     Document Type: Article

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