Evaluation of potential relationships between chemical contaminants in sediments and aquatic organisms from the lower Passaic River, New Jersey, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1721-1728

  Iannuzzi, Jacqueline ^a   Butcher, Matthew ^b   Iannuzzi, Timothy ^a  

^a ARCADIS   (United States)

^b ARCADIS US Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

BSAF; New york new tersey harbor estuary; Passaic river; POP

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOTA-SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION FACTORS; BSAF; CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING; FOOD WEBS; LIPID CONTENT; MUMMICHOGS; NEW JERSEY; NEW JERSEY , USA; NEW YORK; PASSAIC RIVER; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POP; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WHOLE-BODY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOLOGY; BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; TISSUE; USER INTERFACES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CRAB; CYPRINID; FOOD WEB; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY; URBANIZATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; BIOTA SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION FACTOR; BLUE CRAB; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MORONE AMERICANA; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BASS; BIOTA; BRACHYURA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; FUNDULIDAE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEW JERSEY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NEWARK BAY; PASSAIC RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; MORONE AMERICANA;

EID: 79958193815     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.550     Document Type: Article

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