Accumulation of toxic organic pollutants in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus (aromatic hydrocarbons, gas chromatography, polychlorinated biphenyls, Virginia)

Levels of toxic organic pollutants (TOP) were examined in the blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, of Virginia waters. Alkyl substituted polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (ASPAH), thought derived from weathered petroleum, were the most common organic pollutants present. Unsubstituted aromatics, heterosu...

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Main Author: Hale, Robert C.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: W&M ScholarWorks 1983
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539616683
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2250&context=etd