Contaminants assessment in the coral reefs of Virgin Islands National Park and Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 281-288

  Bargar, Timothy A ^a   Garrison, Virginia H ^a   Alvarez, David A ^b   Echols, Kathy R ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Coral; Detritus; Fish; Plankton; St. John US Virgin Islands

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION LEVELS; CORAL; DETRITUS; POLAR ORGANIC CHEMICAL INTEGRATIVE SAMPLER (POCIS); POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE DEVICES; VIRGIN ISLANDS; YEAST ESTROGEN SCREEN;

FISH; IMPURITIES; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANKTON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REEFS; TISSUE; WATER POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATION;

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; ACETOPHENONE; ANTHRACENE; ANTHRAQUINONE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CAFFEINE; CAMPHOR; CHLORPYRIFOS; COTININE; CUMENE; DIELDRIN; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; DIMPYLATE; ENDOSULFAN; ENDOSULFAN I; ENDOSULFAN II; FLUORANTHENE; GALAXOLIDE; INDOLE; ISOPHORONE; ISOQUINOLINE; MENTHOL; MIREX; OXYCHLORDANE; PHENOL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL REEF; DETRITUS; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; MARINE POLLUTION; MEMBRANE; PAH; PLANKTON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; DETRITUS; DEVICES; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; POLAR ORGANIC CHEMICAL INTEGRATIVE SAMPLERS; SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE DEVICES; TISSUE LEVEL; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.); WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; YEAST ESTROGEN SCREEN;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEAWATER; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; SAINT JOHN [VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)]; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84877798683     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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