Legacy and emergent persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in NW Mediterranean deep-sea organisms

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 358-366

  Koenig, Samuel ^a,b   Huertas, David ^b   Fernández, Pilar ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Deep sea; Fish; Mediterranean Sea; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE)

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; DEEP-SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

BIOMOLECULES; FISH; METABOLITES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SHELLFISH;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CRUSTACEAN; DDT; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; FISH; MARINE POLLUTION; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE;

ALEPOCEPHALUS ROSTRATUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARISTEUS ANTENNATUS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COELORINCHUS MEDITERRANEUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEEP SEA SPECIES; LEPIDION LEPIDION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; FISHES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALEPOCEPHALUS ROSTRATUS; ARISTEUS ANTENNATUS; COELORINCHUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; LEPIDION LEPIDION;

EID: 84870164031     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.111     Document Type: Article

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