Selection of an aquatic indicator species to monitor organic contaminants in trophically simple lotic food webs

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 565-572

  Scrimgeour, G J ^a   Wicklum, D ^b   Pruss, S D ^c  

^a Conor Pac Environ Technol Inc ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; FUNGICIDE;

BIOINDICATOR; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LEECH; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LAKE; LEECH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0031792383     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900417     Document Type: Article

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