Search for dissertations about: "biotransport"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the word biotransport.

2. 1. Role of Lipids in the fate of organochlorine compounds in Aquatic Ecosystems

   Author : Göran Ewald; LUCSUS; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Hydrobiology; biotransport; redistribution; bioaccumulation; extraction; ecological persistence; chlorinated fatty acids; DDT; PCB; organic pollutants; Lipids; triacylglycerols; phospholipids; marine biology; aquatic ecology; limnology; Marinbiologi; limnologi; akvatisk ekologi;

   Abstract : Both results of laboratory experiments and material collected in the field have shown the lipid composition in organisms to have a significant effect on the bioaccumulation of pollutants and on the lipid steady-state concentrations of pollutants there. The redistribution of persistent organic pollutants which occurs in organisms as a consequence of the depletion of lipid depot, was studied in a population of migrating Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). READ MORE