Factors influencing the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in food webs of the scheldt estuary

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 11221-11231

  Van Ael, Evy ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a   Das, Krishna ^b   Lepoint, Gilles ^b   Blust, Ronny ^a   Bervoets, Lieven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNIFICATION; DILUTION EFFECT; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); SAMPLING LOCATION; SCHELDT ESTUARY; STABLE NITROGEN ISOTOPE; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS; TROPHIC POSITION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESTUARIES; ISOTOPES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER EFFECTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; FRESH WATER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE POLLUTION; LIPID; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY SIZE; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ESTUARY; FOOD WEB; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

WESTERSCHELDE;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CHLOROPHYTA; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MOLLUSCA; NETHERLANDS; POLYCHAETA; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84885142852     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400307s     Document Type: Article

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