Organochlorine compounds in mussels cultured in the Ría of Vigo: Accumulation and origin

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-19

  Suárez, Pilar ^a   Ruiz, Yolanda ^a   Alonso, Ana ^a   San Juan, Fuencisla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mussel farms; Mytilus galloprovincialis; OCPs; Organochlorine pollution sources; PCBs; R a of Vigo

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; INSECTICIDES; MOLLUSCS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOMONITORING; MUSSEL FARM; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; OCPS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINE POLLUTANTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; POLLUTION SOURCES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84868509013     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.02.030     Document Type: Article

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