Are deep-sea organisms dwelling within a submarine canyon more at risk from anthropogenic contamination than those from the adjacent open slope? A case study of Blanes canyon (NW Mediterranean)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 249-259

  Koenig, Samuel ^a,b   Fernández, Pilar ^b   Company, Joan B ^a   Huertas, David ^b   Solé, Montserrat ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINANTS; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; LIPID PEROXIDATION LEVELS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB);

BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; CONTAMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH RISKS; HOUSING; IMPURITIES; OXYGEN; PEPTIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVER POLLUTION; SUBMARINES; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP SEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LIPID; METABOLISM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SLOPE; SUBMARINE CANYON; SURFACE WATER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

ALEPOCEPHALUS ROSTRATUS; ARISTEUS ANTENNATUS; CRUSTACEA; LEPIDION LEPIDION;

EID: 84888053132     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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