Long-term effects of toxaphene and depuration in lake trout and white sucker in a natural ecosystem

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1992-2000

  Delorme, Peter D ^a   Lockhart, W Lyle ^b   Mills, Kenneth H ^b   Muir, Derek C G ^c  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depuration; Ecological effects; Lake trout; Sucker; Toxaphene; White

Indexed keywords

CAMPHECLOR;

ICHTHYOFAUNA; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LAKE; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TROUT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CANADA;

ANIMALIA; CATASTOMUS; CATASTOMUS COMMERSONI; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 0032799916     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<1992:LTEOTA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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