Differences between Arctic and Atlantic fjord systems on bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in zooplankton from Svalbard

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2783-2795

  Hallanger, Ingeborg G ^a,b   Ruus, Anders ^c   Warner, Nicholas A ^d   Herzke, Dorte ^d   Evenset, Anita ^c   Schøyen, Merete ^c   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^a   Borgå, Katrine ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biomagnification; Climate change; POP; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARCTIC WATERS; ATLANTIC WATER; BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; BIOMAGNIFICATION; ICE COVER; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POP; SVALBARD; WATER MASS; ZOOPLANKTON;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; IMPURITIES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

SEA WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FJORD; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; WATER MASS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLACIER; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHLORDAN; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; LINDANE; MIREX; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER; SVALBARD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORWAY; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 79957800962     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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