Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Sediment Cores of Sunderban Wetland, Northeastern Part of Bay of Bengal, India, and Their Ecotoxicological Significance

This paper presents the first comprehensive report of the organochlorine pesticide residues (OCs) such as hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (HCHs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and its six metabolites (DDTs), and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in core sediments (

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology 2008-10, Vol.55 (3), p.358-371
Main Authors: Sarkar, S. K., Binelli, A., Riva, C., Parolini, M., Chatterjee, M., Bhattacharya, A. K., Bhattacharya, B. D., Satpathy, K. K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Biological and medical sciences
DDT
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Ecotoxicology - methods
Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental Monitoring - instrumentation
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Environmental Monitoring - standards
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
Geologic Sediments - chemistry
Hexachlorobenzene
Hexachlorocyclohexane
Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated - analysis
India
Lindane
Metabolites
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Organic compounds
Organochlorine pesticides
Pesticide residues
Pesticide Residues - analysis
Pesticides
Pollutants
Pollution
Quality Control
Sea water ecosystems
Sediments
Soil Science & Conservation
Studies
Synecology
Toxicity
Vertical distribution
Wetlands
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This paper presents the first comprehensive report of the organochlorine pesticide residues (OCs) such as hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (HCHs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and its six metabolites (DDTs), and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in core sediments (
ISSN:0090-4341
1432-0703
DOI:10.1007/s00244-008-9133-6