| the pattern of organochlorines in mussels mytilus edulis l. from the south west baltic sea. | the concentration of organochlorines (pcb, ddt and its metabolites, hch isomers and hcb) were determined in mussel, mytilus edulis, from the south west baltic sea. the harbor kiel innenförde showed the highest contamination with pcb (487 microg/kg dry weight), the gelting bathing beach area the lowest contamination (38 microg/kg). the highest contamination with ddt was measured in lübeck bay, which may be explained by the long term application of ddt in the former german democratic republic. pen ... | 1996 | 8687992 |
| twenty years of elemental analysis of marine biota within the german environmental specimen bank--a thorough look at the data. | as one component of the german ecological environment observation, the environmental specimen bank program was initiated in the mid-1980s. under the program, representative specimens of marine, fresh water, and terrestrial ecosystems are sampled regularly and archived under chemically stable conditions. an initial characterization of the samples provides data regarding the status quo of the respective ecosystems. the aim of the present publication is to give insight into these real-time monitori ... | 2010 | 20058089 |