Distribution and ecological risk of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in surface sediments from the Bizerte lagoon, Tunisia

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6290-6302

  Barhoumi, Badreddine ^a,b   LeMenach, Karyn ^b   Dévier, Marie Hélène ^b   El Megdiche, Yassine ^a   Hammami, Bechir ^a   Ameur, Walid Ben ^a   Hassine, Sihem Ben ^a   Cachot, Jérôme ^b   Budzinski, Hélène ^b   Driss, Mohamed Ridha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Bizerte lagoon; Distribution; Ecotoxicological assessment; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sediments; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

BIZERTE; BIZERTE LAGOON; TUNISIA;

2,4,5,2',4',5'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEDIMENT; TUNISIA; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; DDT; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER; TUNISIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84900874523     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1709-7     Document Type: Article

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