Contrasting time trends of organic contaminants in Antarctic pelagic and benthic food webs

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 128-132

  van den Brink, Nico W ^a   Riddle, Martin J ^b   van den Heuvel Greve, Martine ^a   van Franeker, Jan Andries ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Food web; Organochlorines; Pelagic versus benthic; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; FOOD WEBS; ORGANOCHLORINES; PELAGIC VERSUS BENTHIC; TIME TRENDS;

CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; BIOTA; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FOOD WEB; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; PELAGIC FISH; PELAGIC SPECIES; PELAGIC ZONE; PENGUIN; SEA ICE; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ANTARCTICA;

PROCELLARIIDAE; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE;

EID: 78751623394     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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