An assessment of persistent organic pollutants in Scottish coastal and offshore marine environments

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1288-1307

  Webster, Lynda ^a   Russell, Marie ^a   Walsham, Pam ^a   Phillips, Lesley A ^a   Hussy, Ines ^a   Packer, Gill ^a   Dalgarno, Eric J ^a   Moffat, Colin F ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHRONIC TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; FISH; LIVER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; LIVER; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SCOTLAND; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79955606616     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1em10100e     Document Type: Article

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