Spatial variability of metallic and organic contamination of anguilliform fish in New Caledonia

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4576-4591

  Briand, M J ^a,b   Letourneur, Y ^a   Bonnet, X ^b   Wafo, E ^d   Fauvel, T ^b   Brischoux, F ^b   Guillou, G ^c   Bustamante, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c French National Centre for Scientific Research   (France)

^d AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Carnivorous fish; Coral reefs; PCBs; Pesticides; POPs; SW Pacific Ocean; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; CARNIVORE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; EEL; EMISSION; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAGOON; METAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE; TOXICITY; URBANIZATION;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

ANGUILLIFORMES; ANTHOZOA;

METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; METABOLISM; MINING; NEW CALEDONIA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; METALS; MINING; NEW CALEDONIA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84895875793     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2327-0     Document Type: Article

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