Temporal variation of persistent organic pollutant (POP) residue concentrations in sediments from the bay of Chetumal, Mexico. Academic Article

abstract

• Bay of Chetumal is a transboundary priority area for the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef Systems project, which has been studied because it is the receiving body of pollutants from a large agricultural area and the city of Chetumal. Levels of persistent organic pollutants in sediments from the Bay were assessed a few years after a mass mortality event of Mayan catfish (Ariopsis assimilis) occurred in 1996. Recent sediments were collected in the rainy season (1999) and dry season (2000); results show concentrations in general lower than those reported after the fish kill, and a change of chemical profiles in chemical pollution.

authors

• Gold Bouchot, Gerardo

published proceedings

• Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

author list (cited authors)

• Norea-Barroso, E., Gold-Bouchot, G., & Ceja-Moreno, V.

citation count

• 9

complete list of authors

• Noreña-Barroso, E||Gold-Bouchot, G||Ceja-Moreno, V

publication date

• August 2007

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY  Journal

keywords

• Environmental Monitoring
• Geologic Sediments
• Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
• Insecticides
• Organic Chemicals
• Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
• Seasons
• Seawater
• Time Factors
• Water Pollutants, Chemical

PubMed Central ID

• 17653616

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s00128-007-9093-y

start page

• 141

end page

• 146

volume

• 79

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00128-007-9093-y