Use of anguilla anguilla for biomonitoring persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Brackish and Riverine Waters in Central and Southern Italy

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 217, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 321-331

  Bettinetti, Roberta ^a   Galassi, Silvana ^b   Quadroni, Silvia ^a,b   Volta, Pietro ^c   Capoccioni, Fabrizio ^d   Ciccotti, Eleonora ^d   De Leo, Giulio A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CNR ISE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioindicator species; DDTs; Eel; PCBs; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR SPECIES; DDTS; EEL; PCBS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

BIOMARKERS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PARKS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; TISSUE; WATER CONSERVATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BRACKISH WATER; DDT; EEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; RIVER POLLUTION;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; EUROPE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; ITALY; LAKE; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; TISSUE LEVEL; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION;

CAPROLACE LAKE; FOGGIA; ITALY; LATINA; LAZIO; LESINA LAGOON; PUGLIA; TIBER RIVER;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; LESINA;

EID: 79955058812     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0590-y     Document Type: Article

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