Post World War II orcharding creates present day DDT-problems in The Sørfjord (Western Norway) - A case study

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1856-1861

  Ruus, Anders ^a   Green, Norman W ^a   Maage, Amund ^b,c   Amundsen, Carl Einar ^d   Schøyen, Merete ^a   Skei, Jens ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Alex Stewart Environmental Services AS   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blue mussel; Climate change; DDT; Environmental monitoring; Fish; S rfjord

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SULPHATE; BLUE MUSSELS; CLIMATIC PARAMETERS; DDT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SEDIMENT CORE; WORLD WAR II;

ECOLOGY; FISH; INSECTICIDES; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DDT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE POLLUTION; MOLLUSC; ORGANIC POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MUSSEL; NORWAY; ORCHARD; TEMPERATURE; WAR;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INSECTICIDES; MYTILUS EDULIS; NORWAY; OCEANS AND SEAS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WORLD WAR II;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; STORFJORDEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 77957107441     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.06.048     Document Type: Article

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