Estimation of the uptake of organochlorines by the Mayfly Hexagenia limbata (Ephemeroptera: Ephemeridae)

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-35

  Drouillard, Ken G ^a   Ciborowski, Jan J H ^a   Lazar, Rodica ^a   Haffner, G Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accumulation factor; Mayfly; PCB; Rate coefficients; Sediments; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; EPHEMERIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA LIMBATA;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONTAMINANT UPTAKE; MAYFLY; ORGANOCHLORINE; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0030441181     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(96)70931-0     Document Type: Article

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