Dioxin-like, non-dioxin like PCB and PCDD/F contamination in European eel (Anguilla anguilla) from the Loire estuarine continuum: Spatial and biological variabilities

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 562-571

  Blanchet Letrouve I ^a   Zalouk Vergnoux, A ^a   Venisseau A ^b   Couderc, M ^a   Le Bizec, B ^b   Elie, P ^d   Herrenknecht, C ^a   Mouneyrac, C ^c   Poirier, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE L'OUEST   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Dioxins; European eel contamination; Life stage; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; ESTUARIES; GLASS; MARINE POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SILVER;

BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; DIOXINS; EUROPEAN EEL; LIFE STAGES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

FURAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DIOXIN; EEL; PCB; PCDD;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTUARINE SPECIES; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

FRANCE; LOIRE ATLANTIQUE; LOIRE ESTUARY; PAYS DE LA LOIRE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

DIOXINS; EUROPEAN EEL CONTAMINATION; LIFE STAGE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84889646928     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.037     Document Type: Article

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