Bioaccumulation and effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the sea star Asterias rubens L.
PCBs are among the most problematic marine contaminants. Converging towards the oceans via the rivers and the atmosphere, they concentrate in sediments where they become a permanent threat to organisms living at their contact. PCBs are extremely resistant, bioaccumulated and some congeners are consi...
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Universite Libre de Bruxelles
2004
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Online Access: | http://theses.ulb.ac.be/ETD-db/collection/available/ULBetd-03162004-163427/ |