Food web bioaccumulation of organohalogenated compounds in high mountain lakes

Limnetica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-164

  Bartrons, Mireia ^a,b   Grimalt, Joan O ^c   Catalan, Jordi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Bioaccumulation; Food webs; High mountain lakes; Organochlorinated compounds; PBDEs; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; FOOD WEB; LAKE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; TOXICITY;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84871966004     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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