A monitoring result of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in deep-sea organisms and sediments off Tohoku during 2012–2014: temporal variation and the relationship with the trophic position

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 629-639

  Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^a   Shibata, H ^b   Chikaraishi, Y ^a   Nomaki, H ^a   Ogawa, N O ^a   Nagata, T ^c   Goto, T ^d   Fujikura, K ^a   Kitazato, H ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d IWATE FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep sea organism; Off Tohoku; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Sediment; Trophic position; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TSUNAMI;

HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84957936242     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: 1573868X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-016-0359-z     Document Type: Article

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