Presence of cocaine in the tissues of the European Eel, Anguilla anguilla, exposed to environmental cocaine concentrations

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2137-2143

  Capaldo, Anna ^a   Gay, Flaminia ^a   Maddaloni, Massimo ^a   Valiante, Salvatore ^a   De Falco, Maria ^a   Lenzi, Mauro ^b   Laforgia, Vincenza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Lagoon Ecology and Aquaculture Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cocaine bioaccumulation; Eel pollution; Environmental illicit drugs; Fish pollution; Surface water pollution

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC FAUNA; BIOMONITORS; DIGESTIVE TRACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; EUROPEAN EEL; ILLICIT DRUG; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; POST-EXPOSURE; POTENTIAL RISKS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FISH; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; TISSUE;

WATER POLLUTION;

COCAINE; SURFACE WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; DRUG; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURFACE WATER;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 84862237638     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-1010-7     Document Type: Article

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