Contamination status and spatial distribution of organochlorine compounds in fishes from Nansei Islands, Japan

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 5-12, 2011, Pages 541-547

  Malarvannan, Govindan ^a   Takahashi, Shin ^a   Ikemoto, Tokutaka ^a   Isobe, Tomohiko ^a,b   Kunisue, Tatsuya ^a   Sudaryanto, Agus ^a,b   Miyagi, Toshihiko ^c   Nakamura, Masaru ^d   Yasumura, Shigeki ^e   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKINAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^e WWF Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fishes; Nansei Islands; Okinawa; Organochlorines; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; MUDFLATS; NANSEI ISLANDS; OKINAWA; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCHLORINES; POLLUTION SOURCES; REMOTE AREAS; RESIDUE LEVEL; URBANIZED AREA;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS;

FISH;

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BIOINDICATOR; FISH; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FISH; INDUSTRIALIZATION; JAPAN; MULLET; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; TILAPIA; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; JAPAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

JAPAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

PISCES; TILAPIA;

EID: 79960345388     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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