Influence of feeding habits on organochlorine contaminant accumulation in waterfowl on the Great Lakes

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1133-1143

  Mazak, Edward John ^a   MacIsaac, Hugh J ^a,b   Servos, Mark Roy ^c   Hesslein, Ray ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Dreissena; Ducks; Ecotoxicology; Great Lakes; Lake Erie; Organochlorine contaminants; Pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Principal components analysis; Stable isotopes; Waterfowl; Zebra mussel

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AYTHYA AFFINIS; AYTHYA AMERICANA; AYTHYA MARILA; AYTHYA VALISINERIA; BUCEPHALA ALBEOLA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; MARILA; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0000615971     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[1133:IOFHOO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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