Long-term monitoring using resident and caged mussels in Boston Harbor yield similar spatial and temporal trends in chemical contamination

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 343-357

  Hunt, Carlton D ^a   Slone, Elizabeth ^a  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boston Harbor; Caged mussels; Chlordane; DDT; GulfWatch; Indigenous; Lead; Mercury; Mussel watch; NOAA; PAH; PCB; Resident; Status and trends; Transplanted mussels

Indexed keywords

BOSTON HARBOR; CAGED MUSSELS; CHLORDANE; DDT; GULFWATCH; INDIGENOUS; MERCURY; MUSSEL WATCH; NOAA; PAH; PCB; RESIDENT; STATUS AND TRENDS; TRANSPLANTED MUSSELS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; EFFLUENTS; IMPURITIES; MERCURY (METAL); MONITORING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

CONTAMINATION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TRACE METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CHLORDANE; COASTAL WATER; DDT; PAH; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BOSTON; CHLORDAN; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MYTILUS EDULIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

BOSTON HARBOR; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 77957777588     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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