Organic contaminants and trace metals in flounder liver and sediment from the Amsterdam and Rotterdam harbours and off the Dutch coast.
Organic contaminants [polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs), nonylphenols], organotin compounds and trace metals (cadmium, chromium, mercury and zinc) were determined in flounder (Platichthys flesus) liver and sediment from the Amsterdam harbour (North Sea Canal) and Rotterdam harbour (Euromonding) and off the Dutch coast between the Amsterdam and Rotterdam harbour mouths in order to assess the level of contamination in these harbours and to study contamination gradients.
de Boer
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Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research, P. O. Box 68, 1970 AB IJmuiden, The Netherlands. j.deboer@rivo.wag-ur.nl
van der Zande
T E
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Pieters
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Ariese
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F
Schipper
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van Brummelen
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Vethaak
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D000818:Animals; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000032:analysis*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D009426:Netherlands; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis*; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis; D011075:Polybrominated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
D007306:Insecticides; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D010636:Phenols; D011075:Polybrominated Biphenyls; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls