Assessment of trace elements and legacy contaminant concentrations in California Mussels (Mytilus spp.): Relationship to land use and outfalls

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 325-333

  Edwards, M ^a   Jacob, A P ^b   Kimbrough, K L ^a   Davenport, E ^a   Johnson, W E ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CSS Inc under contract to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office for Coastal Management   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Coastal ecosystems; Legacy contaminants; Mussel Watch; Mytilus; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; MOLLUSCS; OUTFALLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SHEAR BANDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATCHES;

BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CALIFORNIA; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; MYTILUS; NATIONAL ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

IMPURITIES;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; STORM WATER; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; LAND USE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLLUSC; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATED MUSSEL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND USE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

MYTILUS; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS;

CALIFORNIA; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; LEGACY CONTAMINANTS; MUSSEL WATCH; MYTILUS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MYTILUS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SHELLFISH; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84899942550     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.02.030     Document Type: Article

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