Persistent organic pollutant in a fish community of a sub-alpine lake

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 932-939

  Villa, Sara ^a   Bizzotto, Elisa Chiara ^a,b   Vighi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b LECO Italy Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Fish community; Nitrogen isotope; Persistent organic pollutants; Trophic magnification factor

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; FISH COMMUNITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TROPHIC MAGNIFICATION FACTOR;

ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; FISH; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; ITALY; LAKE; LIPOPHILICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; FISHES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ITALY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ITALY; LAKE COMO; LOMBARDY;

EID: 79951510459     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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