Bioaccumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in young-of-the-year bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) in the vicinity of a Superfund Site in New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts, and in the adjacent waters

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 146-164

  Deshpande, Ashok D ^a   Dockum, Bruce W ^a   Cleary, Thomas ^a   Farrington, Cameron ^a   Wieczorek, Daniel ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

New Bedford Harbor; Organochlorine pesticides; PCBs; YOY bluefish

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PCBS; PESTICIDE CONCENTRATIONS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); YOY BLUEFISH;

BIOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; INSECTICIDES; LIPIDS; MUSCLE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOSULFAN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; HARBOR; LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUPERFUND;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINEMATICS; LIPID ANALYSIS; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POMATOMUS SALTATRIX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MASSACHUSETTS; PERCIFORMES; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ACUSHNET ESTUARY; BUZZARDS BAY; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW BEDFORD HARBOR; UNITED STATES;

POMATOMUS SALTATRIX;

EID: 84879886657     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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