Historical records, sources, and spatial trends of PCBs along the RhÔne River (France)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 476-477, Issue , 2014, Pages 568-576

  Mourier, Brice ^a   Desmet, Marc ^b   Van Metre, Peter C ^c   Mahler, Barbara J ^c   Perrodin, Yves ^a   Roux, Gwenaëlle ^a   Bedell, Jean Philippe ^a   Lefèvre, Irène ^d   Babut, Marc ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Parc de Grandmont   (France)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e UR MALY   (France)

Author keywords

Core; Fluvial sediment; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Rh ne River; Spatial and temporal trends

Indexed keywords

FISH; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS;

CORE; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); REGULATORY THRESHOLDS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRENDS; TARGET CONCENTRATIONS;

RIVERS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PCB; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT CORE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FLOW RATE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TREND STUDY; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER SUPPLY;

FRANCE; LAKE GENEVA; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [FRANCE]; RHONE RIVER;

CORE; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS); RHÔNE RIVER; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRANCE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84893367065     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.026     Document Type: Article

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