Retrospective monitoring of persistent organic pollutants, including PCBs, PBDEs, and polycyclic musks in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) and sediments from New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts, USA: 1991-2005

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5273-5284

  Subedi, Bikram ^a,b   Yun, Sehun ^a,b   Jayaraman, Saro ^c   Bergen, Barbara J ^c   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mussel; New Bedford Harbor; PAHs; PBDEs; PCBs; Pesticides; Polycyclic musks; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; HISTOLOGY; MOLLUSCS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS; TISSUE;

MUSSEL; PAHS; PBDES; PCBS; POLYCYCLIC MUSKS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ANTHRACENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; FLUORANTHENE; GALAXOLIDE; MUSK; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE; TONALIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MYTILUS EDULIS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

MASSACHUSETTS; NEW BEDFORD HARBOR; UNITED STATES;

MYTILUS EDULIS; TETRA;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MASSACHUSETTS; MYTILUS EDULIS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84904010371     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3776-8     Document Type: Article

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