Levels of persistent organic pollutants in larvae of the damselfly Ischnura elegans (Odonata, Coenagrionidae) from different ponds in Flanders, Belgium

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 423, Issue , 2012, Pages 162-167

  Van Praet, Nander ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a   Teuchies, Johannes ^a   De Bruyn, Luc ^a,b   Van Gossum, Hans ^a   Stoks, Robby ^c   Bervoets, Lieven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Research Institute of Nature and Forest (INBO)   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Damselfly larvae; Organochlorine pesticides; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Ponds

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; DAMSELFLY LARVAE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); PONDS;

LAKES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAMSELFLY; DDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LARVA; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POND;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISCHNURA ELEGANS; LARVA; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LARVA; ODONATA; PONDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

COENAGRIONIDAE; ISCHNURA ELEGANS; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84859001793     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.045     Document Type: Article

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