The presence of EU priority substances mercury, hexachlorobenzene, hexachlorobutadiene and PBDEs in wild fish from four English rivers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 441-452

  Jürgens, Monika D ^a   Johnson, Andrew C ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^b   Hughes, David ^b   Lawlor, Alan J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental quality standards; Fish; Hexachlorobenzene; Mercury; PBDE; UK

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; EUROPEAN LEGISLATION; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PBDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); PRIORITY SUBSTANCES; UK;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BUTADIENE; FUNGICIDES; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; TISSUE;

FISH;

HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE; MERCURY; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PBDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; STANDARD (REGULATION);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FISH; LAW; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER STANDARD; WILD SPECIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; FISH; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MERCURY; PBDE; UK;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BUTADIENES; CYPRINIDAE; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MERCURY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALBURNUS ALBURNUS; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 84878917799     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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